Zelensky expects Abu Dhabi talks to cover plan for mass prisoner exchange
Zelensky said negotiators discussed a possible exchange of as many as 1,500 prisoners and other security and energy topics.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the day’s trilateral talks between negotiating teams from Ukraine, Russia and the United States in Abu Dhabi could include discussion of a large-scale prisoner exchange plan.
Speaking at a press conference in Copenhagen, Zelensky said negotiators had discussed the possibility of an exchange involving “maybe even 1,500.”
“Potential steps for discussion, energy issues, the Black Sea, additional details about the exchange, as well as the possibility of a trilateral leaders-level meeting,” Zelensky said, listing topics he expected to be covered.
Delegations meet as U.S. envoys press for a ceasefire
Neither Zelensky nor Senator Marco Rubio attended the sessions in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The meeting lasted four hours, and another session was scheduled for today.
Delegations from Moscow and Kyiv held talks at a moment when Washington — represented by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former U.S. President Donald Trump, and investor Steve Witkoff — had renewed efforts to advance a halt to the fighting.
Photo: press material from the event
