Zelensky seeks exchange of 1,000 to 1,500 prisoners with Moscow
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, during Ukrainian-Russian talks in Abu Dhabi, spoke of a "big exchange" of 1,000 for 1,000, or even 1,500 for 1,500, prisoners of war with Russia. US envoys are to travel to Russia to discuss the matter, he said in Copenhagen, where he also said he was pleased with the change in approach of the US mediators.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants an exchange of 1,000 prisoners for 1,000, or even 1,500 for 1,500, with Russia. He said so on Tuesday at a press conference in Copenhagen, reporting that this possibility had been raised the same day during the Ukrainian-Russian talks in Abu Dhabi.
"A sort of big exchange. That is the agenda with which the Americans will go to Russia," Mr Zelensky said, according to AFP. US envoys are therefore to travel to Russia to discuss this issue.
The Ukrainian president also said he was "satisfied" with the changes in the approach of the US mediators, under whose auspices the talks are being held: "I see changes. I am very satisfied with what I hear. We will see what can be done."
Mr Zelensky was expected in Denmark to hold talks with the leaders of the Nordic countries on air defence and energy security, the office of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced additional military aid of 4.8 billion kroner (about 642 million euros) and 150 million kroner for Ukraine’s energy sector.
This proposal follows Kyiv’s wish, relayed the day before, to prioritise prisoner exchanges, and the US-mediated negotiations in Abu Dhabi that opened on Tuesday.
