US President Donald Trump has introduced {that a} large-scale prisoner change has been agreed between Ukraine and Russia.
Supply: Trump on Reality Social, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Trump grew to become the primary Western official to touch upon the prisoner swap, the preparation of which was agreed at talks in Istanbul.
"A significant prisoners swap was simply accomplished between Russia and Ukraine," the US president mentioned in a press release.
On the time of publication, neither Kyiv nor Moscow had confirmed the settlement or the implementation of the change.
"It’ll go into impact shortly. Congratulations to each side on this negotiation. This might result in one thing huge???" Trump concluded.
Background:
- On 22 Could, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a gathering on preparations for a possible prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia within the thousand-for-thousand format.
- This settlement was maybe the one tangible final result of the assembly between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Türkiye, which came about on 16 Could, the primary such talks in Istanbul in over three years.
- It was reported that Russia had despatched a low-level delegation led by Putin aide Vladimir Medinsky to the talks in Türkiye.
- The media additionally reported that the Russian delegation in Istanbul demanded that US representatives not be current on the talks with the Ukrainian aspect and put ahead calls for which might be unrealistic and go far past what was beforehand mentioned.
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