“The delegations of Ukraine, the USA and the Russian Federation agreed to exchange 314 prisoners — this is the first such exchange in the last five months.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Special Envoy of the President of the United States Steve Witkoff. Photo by Getty Images Source: Witkoff in the social network H
Direct speech: “Today, the delegations of the United States, Ukraine, and Russia agreed on the exchange of 314 prisoners — the first such exchange in five months.”
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Details: According to him, the agreement was reached thanks to detailed and productive peace negotiations.
“Although there is still a lot of work to be done, such steps demonstrate that sustained diplomatic interaction is yielding tangible results and advancing efforts to end the war in Ukraine,” he noted.
Witkoff also said that “discussions will continue and additional progress is expected in the coming weeks.”
We will remind:
- Before that, after the first round of negotiations in Abu Dhabi with the delegations of the Russian Federation and the USA, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced that an exchange of prisoners of war should take place in the near future.
- On January 30, Zelensky stated that Russia has stopped the exchange of prisoners because it does not feel that it gives it anything.
- The last exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia took place in the fall of 2025. On October 2, 185 military and 20 Ukrainian civilians were freed from Russian captivity.
- In December 2025, the Coordination Staff for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported that during the full-scale invasion, more than 10,000 Russian occupiers were captured.