Officials at U.
S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi said Wednesday that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a large exchange of prisoners of war, with Jared Kushner, President Donald Trumps son-in-law, saying after two days of talks ended, One of the positives is we agreed that were going to have the biggest humanitarian release of prisoners, which were going to finalize the numbers tomorrow..
Vladimir Medinsky, who headed the Russian delegation, and Rustem Umerov, who led Kyivs delegation, confirmed the planned exchange, and Kushner said he and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow on Thursday to meet with President Vladimir Putin, then fly to Dublin to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The numbers for the swap have not yet been finalized, and this was the first meeting in nine months between the delegations.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the meeting very productive, while cautioning that a breakthrough on stopping the war will take time, and Zelenskyy described Tuesdays session as constructive and quite substantive, saying the talks were largely about humanitarian issues, including prisoner exchanges, Ukrainian civilians in captivity, and children taken from the country, as well as security guarantees. Russia and Ukraine have shown no sign of a willingness to compromise on their core demands, and the talks ended without a cease-fire or a peace deal.
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