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Ukraine and Russia are planning their largest-ever prisoner exchange, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, calling it a “real result” of ongoing negotiations, according to Anadolu Agency.
Zelenskyy spoke to reporters in Dublin after meeting US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law and special envoy Jared Kushner. He said the Russian side had agreed to the exchange.
“It will be the biggest exchange of war prisoners ... This is a real result. This is very important,” he said.
Referring to progress in talks in Abu Dhabi, Zelenskyy said the latest meeting had given “hope” that the war could be brought to an end.
He said further meetings were expected and that each round of negotiations should produce concrete results and bring the parties closer to ending the conflict.
Zelenskyy also said European representatives would participate in the next round of negotiations as members of the negotiating team, rather than separately.
“They will have a voice. This is important for us because the war is in Europe, we will be a member of the EU in the future. That's why it's very important. And for prosperity and for security guarantees, it's very important to have Europe,” he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow on Thursday, a day after the latest Ukraine peace talks mediated by Washington concluded in Abu Dhabi.
