Trump says that the majority of Russia or large Ukraine prisoners “can lead to a big thing”

President Trump said on Friday Russia and Ukraine They exchanged a large number of prisoners from their three -year war, while Ukrainian and Russian officials said that the swap was continuing but not yet. Details remained unconfirmed, but it seems that the swap is one of the few signs of any progress in international efforts to stop the fighting.

“The main prisoners’ swap is just between Russia and Ukraine,” Mr. Trump said on the social truth platform. He said, “It will happen soon,” although it was not clear what it means.

A senior Ukrainian official told Associated Press that the stock exchange was continuing on Friday morning, but it did not end. It occurs provided that his identity is not disclosed because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

The Russian Ministry of Defense later confirmed that the swap is ongoing, saying that the two countries exchanged 270 prisoners for the war and 120 civilians, and that the operation will continue in the coming days, according to Reuters.

The Russian and Ukrainian media alike reported in recent days that Mubadala was agreed on about 1,000 prisoners being delivered by each side, but these total numbers have not been confirmed by any of the government on Friday.

“RBC is RBC for the country. On Thursday, the news agency will be difficult to make a prisoner with Ukraine with up to 2000 prisoners in a total in just one day, saying that the operation would likely take several days.

“This can lead to a big thing ???” Mr. Trump said on Friday, referring to international diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting. White Security Council officials and National Security did not immediately respond to requests for more details.

Speaking on Friday in the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov spokesman said that there have been no decisions or agreements so far in the next place for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

Continuous exchange was agreed last week in The first peace talks Russia or Ukraine Since the first weeks of Moscow invaded 2022 to its neighbor. This meeting continued in Türkiye only two hours and did not make any progress in international diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting.

However, the fact that the two sides sat face to a face on May 15 was an important development in itself, although Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to accept his Ukrainian counterpart, President Voludimir Zellinski, to appear for negotiations personally.

After several days, Mr. Trump made a two -hour phone call to Putin, a tone and a spirit that he described as “excellent”. He said that Russia and Ukraine “will immediately start negotiations to a ceasefire,” then made a separate call with Zelinsky.

Mr. Trump repeatedly said before taking office for his second term that he could attend the Russia-Ukraine war to its end within 24 hours.