The largest exchange since the beginning of the great war: Zelensky announced an agreement with Russia

Ukraine and Russia are preparing the largest prisoner exchange since the start of the full-scale war. As a result, Ukrainian defenders who are in Russian captivity are to return home.

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the agreement reached after talks with US representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

“We have achieved an important result: after Russia, the American team also agreed that we will conduct a prisoner exchange. This will be the largest exchange, as Steve and Jared told me, the largest prisoner exchange. And these guys, our soldiers, will return home. So I am very grateful to all our negotiators,” the head of state said.

Zelensky called the agreement an important result of the negotiations and emphasized that the return of the defenders will be of particular importance for their families.

“This is a real result. This is very important and successful for families, because, of course, it is important for all of us that people return home, to their families,” the president added.

At the same time, Zelensky did not name specific dates for the exchange and the number of prisoners of war who are planned to be returned.

As a reminder, US President’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said that after meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, the parties agreed to resume trilateral talks on ending the war in Ukraine . According to him, the date of the next meeting has already been determined, and European representatives will also join the negotiations.

At the same time , the Russian side did not agree to consider measures to reduce attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and de-escalation in the Black Sea . In return, Moscow does not plan to stop air strikes on Ukraine.

Also follow “Pryamim” on Facebook , X , Telegram , and Instagram.