Zelensky: Talks explore swap of 1,000 or 1,500 POWs each

President Volodymyr Zelensky said talks in Abu Dhabi had explored a prisoner-of-war exchange involving 1,000 people on each side, or possibly 1,500 each. Speaking at a press conference during a visit to Denmark, he said negotiators were seeking agreement on a large exchange, UNIAN reported.

Zelensky said US representatives would travel to Russia with the exchange on their agenda. The figures were possible options, rather than an announced agreement. The reports did not specify a date for either the proposed exchange or the US trip.

Zelensky identified November 11 as the main day of the trilateral talks involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia. He expected further discussion of de-escalation, energy, the Black Sea and prisoner exchanges, RBC-Ukraine reported. He also said Russia had raised territorial issues and that a possible meeting of the three countries’ leaders would be discussed, while qualifying that prospect with “if possible.”