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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Confirms US Announcement of Ceasefire, Prisoner Exchange

May 8 (Reuters) – ⁠Ukrainian ⁠President ⁠Volodymyr Zelenskiy ​on Friday ‌confirmed a ‌three-day ⁠ceasefire had ⁠been arranged with Russia ​as part ​of U.S. efforts ⁠to negotiate ⁠an ⁠end to the ​more than ​four-year-old ⁠war.

Zelenskiy, writing on ⁠Telegram, also said each of the ⁠two sides would be exchanging 1,000 prisoners of war.

(Reporting ​by Ron Popeski and Oleksandr Kozhukhar; Editing ​by Chris ​Reese)

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