“They defended Ukraine in Mariupol and Azovstal, in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Kyiv sectors, and at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant,” Zelenskyy added.
Trump announced earlier this month he had arranged a three-day ceasefire, which included a prisoner exchange between Kyiv and Moscow.
But the Russian Defense Ministry did not mention the US role when it confirmed that 205 Russian soldiers had returned home on Friday. loans of Arab Emirhe ate by providing “humanitarian mediation efforts.”
President Zelenskyy thanked “everyone who is working to bring our people home.”
This is the second time the United States has negotiated the exchange of 2,000 prisoners since May 2025, when the parties agreed on a deal without a ceasefire. The exchange began as Russia and Ukraine continued attacks on each other’s territory.
