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Russia, Ukraine agree to prisoner swap, at end of first meeting in 9 months between warring sides

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Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large prisoner exchange following two days of U.S.-led talks in Abu Dhabi, marking the first meeting between the warring sides in nine months. Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, stated that this would be the biggest humanitarian release since the conflict began over a decade ago. Vladimir Medinsky and Rustem Umerov, leading negotiators for Russia and Ukraine respectively, confirmed the planned swap but did not disclose specific numbers. This exchange follows previous prisoner releases during the ongoing conflict that intensified with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced on November 8 that Europeans will join U.S.-mediated Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, which began on November 10. Despite earlier objections from the Kremlin, European officials participated alongside delegations from Russia and Ukraine to discuss ending Moscow's war against Ukraine and post-war security agreements. The two-day session focused primarily on prisoner exchanges; both sides agreed to a large swap involving more than 1,000 prisoners each but made little progress toward broader peace negotiations due to divergent demands over territory and long-term security arrangements.

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Ukraine GPE · 5× Russia GPE · 4× Abu Dhabi GPE · 1× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× Jared Kushner PERSON · 1× Russian NORP · 1× Rustem Umerov PERSON · 1× U.S.-led GPE · 1× Vladimir Medinsky PERSON · 1× the Associated Press ORG · 1×

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Negotiators trying to help end the Russia-Ukraine war said Wednesday the sides have agreed to large exchange of prisoners of war. “One of the positives is we agreed that we’re going to have the biggest humanitarian release of prisoners, which we’re going to finalize the numbers tomorrow,” Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, said after the two days of U.S.-led talks in Abu Dhabi ended.

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Russia, Ukraine agree to prisoner swap, at end of first meeting in 9 months between warring sides asserted

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Vladimir Medinsky, who led the Russian delegation, and Rustem Umerov, who led Ukraine's delegation, confirmed the planned exchange, according to the Associated Press. uncertain

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Russia and Ukraine have previously exchanged prisoners during their roughly 12-year-long war that was escalated by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. asserted

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