President Putin Declares New Temporary Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin, pictured September 2022. Credit: Council.gov.ru / Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0

Russian President Vladimir Putin has has declared a impermanent ceasefire successful Ukraine betwixt May 8 to 11, to clip with commemorations marking 80 years since the extremity of World War II, authorities media reported Monday.

“Based connected humanitarian considerations, during the days of the 80th day of the Victory -from zero hours from May 7 to 8 to zero hours from May 10 to 11- the Russian broadside declares a truce,” the Kremlin said successful a connection according to state-run TASS quality agency.

“For this play each hostilities are stopped. Russia believes that the Ukrainian broadside should travel suit. In the lawsuit of violations of the ceasefire by the Ukrainian side, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation volition springiness an capable and effectual response,” the connection said.

The Kremlin added that it “once again declares its readiness for bid talks without preconditions, aimed astatine eliminating the basal causes of the Ukrainian crisis, and constructive enactment with planetary partners.”

The 72-hour truce is the 2nd announced from Russia successful caller weeks, aft it declared a 30-hour Easter Sunday ceasefire -which some sides accused each different of violating.

The Kremlin’s announcement comes aft US president Donald Trump said helium was “very disappointed” successful Russia’s continued bombardment of civilian areas successful Ukraine.

It besides follows a backstage speech betwixt Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected the sidelines of the Pope Francis ceremonial astatine the Vatican connected Saturday.

The 2 men had a 15-minute backstage treatment successful a hallway of the St. Peter’s Basilica which the White House described arsenic “very productive” portion Zelensky called it “very symbolic” with the imaginable to “become historic”.

“We discussed a batch 1 connected one. Hoping for results connected everything we covered,” Zelensky wrote. “Protecting lives of our people. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting bid that volition forestall different warfare from breaking out. Very symbolic gathering that has imaginable to go historic, if we execute associated results.”

A inactive representation taken from an undated handout video provided by the Press Service of the Russian Ministry of Defence connected 31 March 2025 shows a Russian 152 mm self-propelled weapon 2S5 ‘Giatsint-S’ firing toward Ukrainian positions astatine an undisclosed determination successful Ukraine. Credit: AMNA/EPA/RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT

Trump says Russia and Ukraine “very adjacent to a deal” earlier Putin announces ceasefire

On April 25, Trump said that Russia and Ukraine are precise adjacent to a deal. That was successful opposition to a erstwhile week connection that the U.S. would locomotion distant from the talks “within days” if it becomes wide a woody cannot beryllium reached.

This was aft Trump’s peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for 3 hours connected the aforesaid day. The Russian statesmanlike adjutant Yuri Ushakov said the talks were “constructive and precise useful,”  CNN reported.

Zelensky said, “We are acceptable for dialogue, I stress again, successful immoderate format with anyone, lone aft a existent awesome that Russia is acceptable to extremity the war. Such a awesome is simply a implicit and unconditional ceasefire.”

The warfare betwixt Russia and Ukraine has been raging for 3 years and has outgo the lives of thousands connected some sides.

President Trump has has made a Ukraine-Russia bid woody a precedence since his January 20 inauguration. He spent the months starring up to his predetermination promising to extremity the warfare successful 24 hours and has repeatedly boasted astir his quality to unafraid a bid deal.