Russia has agreed to US President Donald Trump's initiative for a truce with Ukraine from May 9 to 11 and the exchange of prisoners in a "thousand for a thousand" format during this period. This was stated by Yuri Ushakov, aide to the President of the Russian Federation, as reported by Russian media and UNN.
"On the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, I confirm that the Russian side considers acceptable the initiative just proposed by US President Donald Trump regarding a truce for the purpose of exchanging prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine,"
He noted that "an agreement on this matter was reached during telephone contacts with the US President's administration."
"US representatives, in turn, were in contact with Kyiv,"
He also stated that this initiative "is a continuation of the recent telephone conversation between the presidents of Russia and the US, during which the leaders particularly emphasized that the countries were allies during World War II, and also discussed the possibility of a truce during the Victory Day celebrations."
"It is important that President Trump's initiative is timed specifically for the 81st anniversary of the Victory over Nazism, our sacred holiday,"
As a reminder
US President Donald Trump announced a three-day truce between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and also announced an exchange of prisoners of war in a "thousand for a thousand" format.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the three-day truce announced by US President Donald Trump, and Ukraine also received consent from the Russian Federation to conduct an exchange of prisoners of war.
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