{"id":16629,"date":"2026-05-08T19:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/16629\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:16:20","slug":"russia-ukraine-agree-to-three-day-ceasefire-and-prisoner-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/16629\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia, Ukraine agree to three-day ceasefire and prisoner exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/6NHH5F3WGBCC3MBORPAOMIPTLY.jpg?auth=39bb1126170f0c5d2a310358c9dc7e387c97c65a855a5f833357cc2ef82361e4&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky attends the European Political Community summit in Armenia on Monday.LUDOVIC MARIN\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Russia has agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s initiative for a ceasefire with Ukraine from Saturday, May 9 to Monday, May 11 and to carry out a prisoner exchange with Kyiv during that period, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Trump on Friday announced on social media there would be a three-day ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine to mark the end of the Second World War for the Russians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday confirmed the three-day ceasefire had been arranged with Russia as part of U.S. efforts to negotiate an end to the more than four-year-old war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Zelensky, writing on Telegram, also said each of the two sides would be exchanging 1,000 prisoners of war, with humanitarian issues remaining a key Ukrainian priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cThat is why today, within the framework of the negotiation process mediated by the American side, we received Russia\u2019s agreement to conduct a prisoner of war exchange in the format of 1,000 for 1,000,\u201d Zelensky wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cA ceasefire is also to be established on May 9, 10, 11.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky attends the European Political Community summit in Armenia 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