Trump announces three-day ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · May 08, 2026 · 238 words

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Trump announces three-day ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war Truce will also include swap of 1,000 prisoners of war from each country, US president says.

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What happened

Trump announces three-day ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war Truce will also include swap of 1,000 prisoners of war from each country, US president says.

Why it matters

United States President Donald Trump says there will be a three-day ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Common ground

Posting on Truth Social on Friday, the US leader said the truce would last from Saturday to Monday.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Trump announces three-day ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war?
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What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Truce will also include swap of 1,000 prisoners of war from each country”

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The prisoner swap of 1,000 people from each side is reported by multiple independent sources including AP News and other web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…

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Claim 2: “Posting on Truth Social on Friday, the US leader said the truce would last from Saturday to Monday.”

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Al Jazeera and other web results confirm that Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday stating the truce would last from Saturday to Monday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The handshakes of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, with world leaders have been the subject of extensive commentary. Scholars have noted that politicians' handshakes are…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump was a criminal case against Donald Trump, a then-former president of the United States. Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying bus…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (TMTG) is an American media and technology company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. It runs the Truth Social social-media platform and is majority-owned by the …
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Claim 3: “Russia had previously announced a two-day unilateral ceasefire to mark its May 9 World War II Victory Day on Saturday.”

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Al Jazeera and other web search results confirm that Russia had previously announced a unilateral ceasefire for May 9 Victory Day.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Black May refers to May 1943 in the Battle of the Atlantic campaign during World War II, when the Kriegsmarine U-boat arm (U-Bootwaffe) suffered high casualties with fewer Allied ships sunk; it is con…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — After the Munich Agreement, the Soviet Union pursued a rapprochement with Nazi Germany. On 23 August 1939, the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Germany which included a secret protocol t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participa…
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Claim 4: “Trump announces three-day ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war”

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Multiple independent news sources (AP News, Al Jazeera, and other web results) report that President Trump announced a three-day ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war.

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web search NEUTRAL — 13 hours ago · Donald Trump (born June 14, 1946, New York, New York, U.S.) is a former real estate mogul and reality TV star who has served as the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
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Claim 5: “Ukraine previously stated that it too had offered a truce but that this had been ignored by Moscow.”

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Al Jazeera and other news reports confirm that Ukraine stated it had offered a truce that was ignored by Moscow.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine has intensified attacks in Russia in recent weeks, including on targets deep inside the country. A drone hit a residential tower in an upscale district of Moscow on Monday, a rare failure of t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine also said Russia had continued to strike its positions since that time. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a ceasefire for 8-9 May ahead of Victory Day celebrations on Saturday. Kyiv h…
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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 been …
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/8/trump-announces-thre…

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Claim 6: ““I am pleased to announce that there will be a THREE DAY CEASEFIRE (May 9th, 10th, and 11th) in the War between Russia and Ukraine,” Trump posted.”

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The specific quote and the dates (May 9th, 10th, and 11th) are corroborated by multiple web search results and news reports.

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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…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The February 2025 Putin–Trump call was a formal telephone conversation between U.S. president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin that took place on February 12, 2025. The conversation i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The foreign policy of the second Trump administration has been described as imperialist and expansionist in its approach to the Americas, and isolationist in its approach to Europe, espousing a realis…
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Claim 7: ““This request was made directly by me,” Trump said on Friday, thanking his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy for agreeing to it.”

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The claim that Trump made the request directly and thanked Putin and Zelenskyy is corroborated by Al Jazeera and other web search results reporting on the agreement.

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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…
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