The United States, Ukraine and Russia agreed to exchange prisoners of war. Europe will participate in the next round of negotiations. The main statements after Zelensky's meeting with Witkoff and Kushner:
Witkoff and Kushner reported that during the meeting with Putin in Moscow, it was possible to finally agree on an exchange of prisoners of war. According to Witkoff, it is about returning thousands of people to their families.
Zelensky noted that, as the American negotiators informed him, the exchange "should become the largest ever".
Zelensky said that at the next meeting Europe will participate in the negotiating team and will have the right to vote.
Witkoff pointed out that it is impossible to conclude a peace agreement without the participation of Europeans. According to him, Putin agreed to try this format of negotiations.
The American envoys also reported that they had discussed with Zelensky about Ukraine's post-war reconstruction plan and security guarantees.
Zelensky said that in the near future they plan to hold the next meeting with the participation of all negotiators. Witkoff and Kushner confirmed that this was already planned.