Mr Trump spoke with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and told reporters they had discussed the idea of “a little bit of a ceasefire”.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that the truce would cover May 9, the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, but the exact timing had yet to be determined.May 9 is a major public holiday in Russia, marked by a military parade on Moscow’s Red Square. Putin, since launching his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, has used the event to rally the nation behind the war, portraying Russia’s modern-day...