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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War Two.

Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary ceasefire from midnight on May 7 until May 11 during Russia's celebrations marking 80 years since the end of World War II. The Kremlin said it believes that "the Ukraine side should follow this example" in marking the fall of Nazi Germany.

Ceding large swathes of Ukrainian land to Russia under a peace proposal suggested by US President Donald Trump would be “a capitulation,” Germany’s defense minister warned on Sunday, as North Korea acknowledged for the first time it had deployed troops to fight for Moscow.

North Korea confirmed for the first time on Monday that it had sent troops to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine under orders from leader Kim Jong Un.

President Donald Trump is expressing skepticism that a peace deal is in reach, only a day after saying Kyiv and Moscow were “very close to a deal.”

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is beginning to question whether Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to end the Russia-Ukraine war, a warning shot to the Russian leader that came just after Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome.