The US president said both sides had agreed to halt fighting from May 9 to 11 and to exchange 1,000 prisoners each. The announcement comes as both sides reported new strikes. Follow DW for more.

Russia accused Kyiv of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Sunday, while Ukrainian officials said that one person had been killed and more injured by Russian drone and artillery strikes in the past

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Yuri Ushakov, President Vladimir Putin's foreign affairs adviser, both confirmed the agreement for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners.

US-mediated talks on ending Europe's worst conflict since World War II have shown little progress since February, when Washington shifted focus to its war with Iran. View on euronews

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticised Russia for answering his offer of an Easter truce with airstrikes on Wednesday but he praised as "positive" fresh

Russia unilaterally declared a ceasefire last year but both sides accused the other of breaking it. Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have said their countries will hold a 32-hour ceasefire over the Orthodox Easter weekend.

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He said he hoped the pause represented “the beginning of the end of a very long, deadly, and hard fought War.” Zelensky and the Kremlin confirmed the truce as part of on-and-off U.S. efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict.