This came shortly after Ukraine and Russia agreed to a three-day ceasefire brokered by America, though by May 10th both sides were accusing the other of having violated it. Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president,

Tensions are high as Russia prepares to celebrate its most important secular holiday. Fears about security amid the war with Ukraine and signs of domestic discontent are casting a shadow over annual celebrations in Moscow’s Red Square.

Trump announced the three-day halt in fighting, which coincides with Russia's Victory Day celebrations.

As one European nationalist party saw its grip on power end abruptly in Hungary over the weekend, another was riding a wave of popularity that is strengthening its hold on German politics.

Russian ⁠President ⁠Vladimir Putin ⁠said on Saturday that he ​thought the Ukraine conflict was coming to ‌an end. Russia's 2022 invasion ‌of Ukraine triggered the ⁠most ⁠serious crisis in relations between Russia and the ​West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis,

The brief ceasefire, which Trump announced Friday, was viewed by some as the launching point for a broader deal to end the war.