Overview
- President Donald Trump announced Friday a three‑day truce for May 9–11 with a proposed 1,000‑for‑1,000 prisoner swap, which President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine accepted as the Kremlin signaled support through aide Yuri Ushakov.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry had already declared a unilateral halt for May 8–10, while Zelensky reported more than 140 Russian strikes and 10 assaults overnight and said Ukraine would respond in kind.
- Following Thursday night’s drone wave, Russian authorities reported fires and damage at key sites, including a Yaroslavl oil refinery that Zelensky cited, a Perm refinery complex, and a Rostov air‑navigation building that led to the temporary shutdown of 13 southern airports.
- Moscow escalated its warnings by urging foreign missions to leave Kyiv and threatening strikes on Ukrainian leadership sites if Victory Day events in the Russian capital were targeted, as the European Union said it would not withdraw its Kyiv mission.
- Security controls tightened around the May 9 parade as officials prepared to cut mobile internet and SMS in Moscow for the day and revoked foreign media access to Red Square, limiting reporting and connectivity for residents and visitors.