“US President Donald Trump said that a large -scale exchange of prisoners has been agreed between Russia and Ukraine. Source: Trump on the social network Truth Social on Friday, May 23, reports “European Truth” details: Trump became the first Western official to comment on the exchange, which was agreed on the preparation of Istanbul negotiations.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Trump on social network TRUTH SOCIAL on Friday, May 23, reports “European Truth”
Details: Trump became the first Western official to comment on the exchange that was agreed on the negotiations in Istanbul.
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“(Agreement on) a large -scale exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine has just been finalized,” the US President reads.
Trump’s message also turns out that the exchange has not yet happened. “It will come into force in the near future. We congratulate both sides on reaching this arrangement. Can it be the beginning of something big?” He finished his post.
At the time of publication, neither Kiev nor Moscow – did not confirm the fact of reaching the agreement or the exchange.
Updated at 13:23. The interlocutor of “European Truth” in special services stated that the exchange has not yet been completed. According to him, the process is ongoing.
“It will come into force in the near future. We congratulate both sides on the achievement of this arrangement. Can it be the beginning of something big?” The US President wrote.
Prehistory:
- On May 22, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting to prepare the exchange after in Turkey during the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, it was an agreement in the format of 1000 to 1000.
- This arrangement was perhaps the only real result of the meeting of Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Turkey, which took place on May 16 for the first time in Istanbul for the first time in Istanbul.
- Then Russia sent a low -level delegation headed by Putin’s assistant Vladimir Medinsky.
- According to media reports, the Russians in Istanbul demanded that US representatives did not negotiate with the Ukrainian side, and nominated a number of deliberately unacceptable conditions in Ukraine.