{"id":35091,"date":"2026-05-08T23:16:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/zelenskyy-confirms-3-day-ceasefire-and-prisoner-exchange-with-russia-announced-by-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:16:55","slug":"zelenskyy-confirms-3-day-ceasefire-and-prisoner-exchange-with-russia-announced-by-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/zelenskyy-confirms-3-day-ceasefire-and-prisoner-exchange-with-russia-announced-by-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy confirms 3-day ceasefire and prisoner exchange with Russia announced by Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/thumbs_b_c_ab4186c8ba5fa22f0a378de4fd391fe7.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed a three-day ceasefire as well as a prisoner exchange with Russia, which US President Donald Trump described as a possible step towards ending the war that has been going on for more than four years, reports Anadolu.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy on the American social network X said that the Ukrainian side accepted &#8220;Russia&#8217;s agreement to conduct a prisoner exchange in the format 1,000 to 1,000&#8221; in the framework of the US-mediated peace negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A cease-fire should also be established on May 9, 10 and 11. Ukraine is constantly working to return its people from Russian captivity. I have instructed our teams to immediately prepare everything necessary for the exchange,&#8221; said Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked President Trump and his team. for their &#8220;productive diplomatic engagement&#8221;, adding that Ukraine expects the US to &#8220;ensure that the Russian side fulfills these agreements&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Just minutes earlier, Trump in a statement on Truth Social said that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire and prisoner exchange, expressing his appreciation for the agreement&#8217;s acceptance by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope this is the beginning of the end of a very long war.&#8221; long, deadly and tough. Talks to end this major conflict, the biggest since World War II, are ongoing and we&#8217;re getting closer every day,&#8221; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>We use cookies to improve the experience and display ads (Google AdSense).<br \/>\n          By clicking &#8220;Accept&#8221;, you agree to the use of cookies according to<br \/>\n          Privacy Policy<br \/>\n          and<br \/>\n          Cookies Policy.<br \/>\n          You can reject non-necessary cookies by clicking &#8220;Reject&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed a three-day ceasefire as well as a prisoner exchange with Russia, which US President Donald Trump described as a possible step towards ending the war that has been going on for more than four years, reports Anadolu. Zelenskyy on the American social network X said that the Ukrainian side [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-35091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-brief"],"views":50,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35093,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35091\/revisions\/35093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}