Russia, Ukraine agree to three-day ceasefire, says Trump
US President Donald Trump said there will be a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine over the weekend, as well as a prisoner swap.
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United States President Donald Trump says there will be a three-day ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
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US President Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire and a major prisoner swap between Moscow and Kiev, expressing hopes the truce would become the “beginning of the end of a very long, deadly, and hard fought war.”
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