Russia and Ukraine agree to a large exchange of prisoners of war, officials at Abu Dhabi talks say
Jared Kushner said the sides agreed to finalize the largest humanitarian prisoner release in the war, with details due later.
- On Wednesday, Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Abu Dhabi agreed to a major prisoner-of-war exchange following two days of U.S.-brokered negotiations. Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, called it the "biggest humanitarian release of prisoners."
- Delegations from Moscow and Kyiv met for a second straight day of talks mediated by Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff. Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, led the Ukrainian delegation in the neutral UAE capital.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the meeting as "very productive," despite hopes for a broader peace breakthrough remaining low. Officials focused primarily on humanitarian issues, including prisoner exchanges and returning civilians, while discussing security guarantees.
- Moscow insisted on excluding European countries from direct negotiations, though representatives from the European Union and NATO consulted with the Ukrainian team. Both nations continue battering each other with long-range missiles and drones amid the ongoing war.
- With the prisoner exchange set to occur in the near future, officials will finalize the specific numbers on Thursday. Despite this humanitarian progress, both Russia and Ukraine have shown no sign of willingness to compromise on their broader demands.
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Russia and Ukraine have agreed to the largest ever prisoner exchange. And this agreement is said to have come after two days of talks in Abu Dhabi mediated by the United States. This, as foreign media reports, according to Telegraph, was announced to journalists on Wednesday by US envoy Jared Kushner. "One of the positive aspects is that we have agreed to a prisoner exchange in a humanitarian context, which will be the largest so far; we will de…
The trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States in Abu Dhabi have concluded without breaking any deadlock, but both sides agreed to exchange a large number of prisoners of war.
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Jared Kushner, one of Donald Trump's emissaries, reported that the number of detainees concerned would be decided on Thursday.
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