US, Ukraine and Russia delegations agree to prisoner exchange: special envoy
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Delegations from the United States, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners, Steve Witkoff, the US special presidential envoy for peace missions, announced Thursday.
“Today, delegations from the United States, Ukraine and Russia agreed on the exchange of 314 prisoners, the first such exchange in five months,” he said on Thursday. Publish on X he declared.
The post continued: “This outcome was achieved through detailed and productive peace talks. While significant work remains, steps like these show that sustained diplomatic engagement yields tangible results and advances efforts to end the war in Ukraine.”
WITKOFF SAYS MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ARE ‘PRODUCTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE’ AMID TRUMP ADMINISTRATOR’S PRESSURE FOR PEACE
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff speaks at the IAC National Summit 2026 at The Diplomat Beach Resort on January 15, 2026 in Hollywood, Florida. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)
“Discussions will continue and additional progress is expected in the coming weeks. We thank the United Arab Emirates for hosting these discussions and President Donald J. Trump for his leadership in making this agreement possible,” the post said.
President Donald Trump’s administration aims to help broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
TRUMP TALKED WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING ABOUT MANY TOPICS, INCLUDING THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINE WAR
US President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, on October 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The president said on Truth Social on Wednesday: to post He said that one of the topics discussed in his phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping that day was the “war between Russia/Ukraine.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a post on
WITKOFF CELEBRATES ‘NEW DAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST’ AFTER RETURN OF LAST ISRAELI POSTAGE FROM GAZA
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R.S.C., speaks with members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“We need to put more pressure on Putin in the coming days and weeks. Any negotiations that are seen as overly rewarding aggression will set in motion disasters around the world. The opposite is equally true. If negotiations result in a free, strong and independent Ukraine that is forced to compromise, then the world will be much more stable,” Graham said. alleged.
