Ushakov said that the United States was in touch with Kiev when discussing a truce with Russia.

Russian Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on May 8 that the United States had been in touch with the Ukrainian leadership when discussing a truce with Russia from May 9 to 11.

"An agreement on this matter was reached during our telephone contacts with the administration of the President of the United States. Representatives of the United States, in turn, were in touch with Kiev," he told reporters.

The pressure of silence: Kiev was forced to agree to a truce from 9 to 11 May

The agreements were reached with the mediation of the United States, in addition to the cease-fire, there will also be an exchange of prisoners.

On May 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a decision to declare a truce with Ukraine, timed to coincide with the celebration of May 9. Some time later, on May 8, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky actually acknowledged the rejection of this initiative by Moscow.

Russian Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov announced on May 8 that Russia had agreed to support Trump's initiative to extend the truce with Ukraine until May 11. He clarified that Moscow had also agreed to conduct a prisoner exchange with Kiev in the "thousand for a thousand" format during this period.