Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi end with prisoner exchange agreement
Summary
Russian and Ukrainian officials agreed in Abu Dhabi to arrange a large-scale prisoner exchange after two days of U.S.-mediated talks, but they made no breakthrough toward ending the war. U.S. envoys said they would discuss the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while participants said territorial issues and the format for future talks remain unresolved.Key Facts
- The talks took place in Abu Dhabi over two days and were mediated by the United States.
- Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said both sides agreed to a large-scale prisoner exchange and reached mutual understanding on some issues.
- Russia's state news agency TASS reported that the exchange could take place in two to three weeks.
- U.S. envoy Jared Kushner said the sides would finalize the number of prisoners on Thursday.
- Kushner and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff planned to travel to Moscow to brief Putin, then meet Zelenskyy in Dublin.
- Kushner said territorial issues would be the hardest to resolve but that the talks made progress on a post-war security framework.
- Ukraine's negotiator David Arakhamia said future talks should include more parties and that Europe should be represented.
- Medvedenko said the proposed exchange would need to exceed the 1,000-for-1,000 swap in May of the previous year to be the largest.
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