{"id":111887,"date":"2026-05-09T10:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=111887"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:04:24","slug":"trump-announces-3-day-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-from-may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/trump-announces-3-day-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-from-may-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces 3-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire from May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: US President <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Donald Trump<\/span><\/span> has announced a three-day ceasefire between <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Russia<\/span><\/span> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/global-oil-prices-slide-amid-hopes-of-russia-ukraine-peace-deal\/\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ukraine<\/span><\/span><\/a>, saying the truce will remain in effect on May 9, 10, and 11.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"312\" data-end=\"554\">In a social media post, Trump said both countries would observe Victory Day celebrations during the ceasefire period. He noted that the occasion commemorates the Soviet Union\u2019s victory in World War II, when Russia and Ukraine fought together.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"672\">The US president also said that 1,000 prisoners would be exchanged between the two sides during the temporary truce.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"674\" data-end=\"928\">Trump added that progress was continuing in negotiations aimed at ending the war. Earlier, after a phone call with Russian President <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Vladimir Putin<\/span><\/span> on April 29, Trump had hinted that efforts for a temporary ceasefire were underway.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"1097\">Previously, Russia had announced a ceasefire for May 8 and 9 to ensure peaceful Victory Day celebrations and military parades at <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Red Square<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1212\">Meanwhile, Ukraine also proposed an indefinite ceasefire starting Tuesday night and urged Moscow to implement it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1397\">Ukraine\u2019s top negotiator, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Rustam Umarov,<\/span><\/span> has arrived in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Miami<\/span><\/span> for meetings with US officials regarding the ceasefire and peace talks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1399\" data-end=\"1584\">According to reports, US-mediated negotiations have remained stalled for months, with the main dispute centered on the eastern Ukrainian region of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Donetsk<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1586\" data-end=\"1725\">Moscow is demanding that Ukraine withdraw forces from areas that Russia claims, while Kyiv has refused to surrender territory under its control.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1823\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Both Russia and Ukraine have also accused each other of violating previous ceasefire agreements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, saying the truce will remain in effect on May 9, 10, and 11. In a social media post, Trump said both countries would observe Victory Day celebrations during the ceasefire period. He noted that the occasion commemorates the Soviet Union\u2019s victory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":111888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[41920],"class_list":["post-111887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-3-day-russia-ukraine-ceasefire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111889,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111887\/revisions\/111889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}