Kushner Says Ukraine and Russia Are Preparing Their Largest Prisoner Swap Yet
U.S. presidential envoy Jared Kushner says Washington is working on what could be the largest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine since the war began. It could reunite thousands of people with their families.
U.S. presidential envoy Jared Kushner said the United States is working to arrange what could become the largest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine since the war began. He wrote about it on the social network X after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin on the evening of November 12. The swap matters because it could return thousands of people to their families and would be a tangible outcome of the ongoing peace efforts.
Kushner wrote that the war has devastated many people's lives and said he hoped both sides would show the good will and seriousness needed to complete this important step.
Zelensky's reaction
Speaking to reporters in Dublin after the meeting, Zelensky called the planned exchange a "real result" of the talks. He said it gave Kyiv "hope that we will end this war." The schedule for the talks and other details are to be announced soon.
Earlier talks in Moscow
Before meeting Zelensky, Kushner and Steve Witkoff, another U.S. presidential envoy, held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. No official press conference followed that meeting, but Witkoff announced a new round of talks. It is not yet known when or where it will take place, though European representatives are expected to participate.
