Trump says Russia and Ukraine to observe 3-day ceasefire
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Trump announced the three-day halt in fighting, which coincides with Russia's Victory Day celebrations.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Russia and Ukraine would observe a three-day ceasefire in the ongoing war from May 9 to May 11.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Ukraine hadn’t abided by its own ceasefire, saying that air defenses shot down 53 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula and the Black Sea between Tuesday evening and dawn Wednesday.
Russian air defenses shot down 347 Ukrainian drones overnight, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, in what appeared to be a major attack after Moscow spurned Kyiv’s ceasefire earlier in the week and tension mounted over safety at Russia’s upcoming Victory Day celebrations.
US president says on Truth Social the ceasefire will include suspension of all ‘kinetic activity’ and prisoner swap
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday warned allies of Russia against attending its May 9 WWII victory parade, as Moscow doubled down on its threat to strike Kyiv on the day.Russia marks
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday that its troops had taken control of the village of Myropillia in Ukraine's Sumy region, but Ukraine's military denied the village had changed hands. A ministry report on Telegram said