Russia and Ukraine confirm three-day ceasefire from 9 May

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · May 09, 2026 · 467 words · By Guardian staff; Agencies

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What to know about Russia and Ukraine confirm three-day ceasefire from 9 May

Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine from 9 to 11 May.

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What happened

Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine from 9 to 11 May.

Why it matters

The US president said on social media the ceasefire would include a suspension of all “kinetic activity” and a swap of 1,000 prisoners from each country.

Common ground

Trump said in his post: “Hopefully, it is the beginning of the end of a very long, deadly, and hard fought War,” adding that there was constant progress in talks to end the conflict.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Russia and Ukraine confirm three-day ceasefire from 9 May?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Ukraine previously said that it too had offered a truce but that this had been ignored by Moscow?
What should readers watch for in the next update to know whether the story is changing?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Ukraine previously said that it too had offered a truce but that this had been ignored by Moscow.”

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The claim that Ukraine offered a truce that was ignored by Moscow is reported by Al Jazeera and multiple other independent web search results.

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia had previously announced a two-day unilateral ceasefire to mark its WWII victory holiday on May 9. Ukraine earlier stated that it too had offered a truce, but it had been ignored by Moscow.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/05/08/t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia had previously announced a two-day unilateral ceasefire to mark its May 9 World War II Victory Day on Saturday. Ukraine previously stated that it too had offered a truce but that this had ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/8/trump-announces-thre…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia had previously announced a two-day unilateral ceasefire to mark its WWII victory holiday on May 9. Ukraine earlier stated that it too had offered a truce, but it had been ignored by Moscow.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/ukraine-ru…

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Claim 2: “Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, confirmed Trump’s announcement and the prisoner swap on Friday night”

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Multiple web search results, including Al Jazeera and other news reports, confirm that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the ceasefire and prisoner swap.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2019 Trump–Ukraine political scandal arose primarily from the discovery of U.S. president Donald Trump's attempts to coerce Ukraine into investigating his political rival Joe Biden and thus potent…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Trump–Ukraine_scandal

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 28, 2025, U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. vice president JD Vance held a highly contentious bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy inside the Oval Office at th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Trump–Zelenskyy_Oval_Offi…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump was the 45th and is the 47th President of the United States. He was first elected president in 2016, then was later elected to a second nonconsecutive term in 2024. Trump has repeatedly r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_third_term_propos…

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Claim 3: “Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said: “I confirm the acceptability for the Russian side of the initiative just proposed by US president Donald Trump”

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The specific quote and confirmation by Yuri Ushakov are reported by TASS and corroborated by other web search results.

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web search NEUTRAL — "At the instruction of Russian President Vladimir Putin, I confirm that US President Donald Trump’s initiative regarding the ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine is…
https://tass.com/politics/2128675

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov on Friday confirmed a three-day ceasefire and prisoner swap between Moscow and Kyiv announced by US President Donald Trump. Ushakov confirmed the initiative's "a…
https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2026/05/08/putin-aide-confirm…

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web search NEUTRAL — Yuri Viktorovich Ushakov (Russian: Юрий Викторович Ушаков; born 13 March 1947) is a Russian senior diplomat who has served as the aide to the president of Russia on foreign policy issues since 2012. F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Ushakov

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Claim 4: “the ceasefire would include a suspension of all “kinetic activity” and a swap of 1,000 prisoners from each country.”

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Multiple independent web sources, including The Guardian and other news reports, confirm the ceasefire details include the suspension of 'kinetic activity' and a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. Under the U.S. Constitution, the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Unit…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_(disambiguation)

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Claim 5: “Russia had previously announced a two-day unilateral ceasefire to mark its 9 May second world war Victory Day on Saturday.”

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Reported by Al Jazeera and confirmed by multiple web search results (including a report on Russia's Defense Ministry) that Russia declared a unilateral two-day ceasefire for Victory Day.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a military parade held in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, on 9 May 2025, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, which celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Moscow_Victory_Day_Parade

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union following the signing of the Germ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(9_May)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the off…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day

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Claim 6: “Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine from 9 to 11 May.”

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The claim is reported by three independent news sources (France24, Deutsche Welle, and Krdo) stating that Donald Trump announced a three-day ceasefire from May 9 to May 11.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Russia–United States Summit (also known as the Trump–Putin Summit in Alaska) was a summit meeting between United States president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin. It was hel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Russia–United_States_summ…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States and Russia maintain strategic foreign relations since the establishment 1991, a continuation of the relationship the United States has had with various Russian governments since 1803…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–United_States_relations

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's use of social media attracted worldwide attention since he joined Twitter (now X) in March 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times…
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Claim 7: “Russia had threatened a massive strike on the heart of Kyiv if Ukraine disrupted the Victory Day parade”

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Reported by France24 and multiple web search results that Russia threatened a massive strike on Kyiv if the Victory Day parade was disrupted.

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia has threatened a massive strike on the heart of Kyiv if Ukraine disrupts the Victory Day parade on Saturday, repeatedly urging foreign diplomats to evacuate the Ukrainian capital ahead of time.…
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia and Ukraine are trading threats and attacks ahead of Moscow’s May 9 Victory Day celebrations, seeding further anxiety about potential weekend violence in both capitals. Moscow has already annou…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/europe/ukraine-russ…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia has threatened to launch a “massive retaliatory missile strike” on the centre of Kyiv if Ukraine attempts to disrupt its World War II Victory Day celebrations.
https://m.independent.ie/world-news/europe/kremlin-threatens…

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Claim 8: “Russia on Friday confirmed the truce and the POW swap.”

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While the Reuters snippet mentions accusations of violations, other web search results specifically confirm that Russia (via Yuri Ushakov) confirmed the truce and POW swap on Friday.

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web search NEUTRAL — Following its disintegration, the late medieval Grand Principality of Moscow led the unification of Russian lands, culminating in the formation of the Tsardom of Russia in 1547. By the early 18th cent…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Russia, country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Once the preeminent republic of the U.S.S.R., Russia became an independent country after the dissolu…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Russia

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Friday of violating ceasefires that each has separately declared, as Moscow prepares to hold its annual World War Two victory parade under tight se…
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia/

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Claim 9: “Moscow and Kyiv have both accused each other of violating previous ceasefires that each has separately declared.”

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A Reuters report explicitly states that Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Friday of violating ceasefires that each had separately declared.

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