Rome, 8 May (LaPresse) – US President Donald Trump announced on Truth “a three-day ceasefire (9, 10 and 11 May) in the war between Russia and Ukraine”. ‘Victory Day is celebrated in Russia, but also in Ukraine, as both countries played an important role in the Second World War,’ he added, explaining that the ceasefire ‘provides for the suspension of all hostilities and an exchange of 1,000 prisoners between the two countries’. ‘This request,’ Trump continued, ‘was put forward directly by me, and I very much appreciate the agreement reached by President Vladimir Putin and President Volodymyr Zelensky.’ "I hope this marks the beginning of the end of a long, bloody and hard-fought war. Talks to end this conflict, the largest since the Second World War, are continuing and we are getting closer and closer to a solution,” the tycoon concluded.