Russia-Ukraine war: In a significant turn of events possibly leading to the end of Russia-Ukraine war, which has been going on for almost 3 years, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to exchange all prisoners of war. Zelensky has indicated that in order to end the three-year-long war with Russia, Russia must release all Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. Here are all the details you need to know.
“Russia must release all Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. Ukraine is ready to release all Russian prisoners of war in return. This would be a fair way to start ending the war”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was quote saying in a report by AFP.
As their war of words escalated, US President Donald Trump threatened Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky that there could be a deal with Russia to end the three-year Ukraine War without him.
Zelensky “better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday.
“We are successfully negotiating an end to the War with Russia, something all admit only ‘TRUMP’, and the Trump Administration, can do,” he said.
The warning came after Zelensky complained that Ukraine was not at the talks between US and Russian diplomats in Riyadh, and said that his country would not accept a peace deal reached without its participation.
In a personal attack on Trump, Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv that Trump was “living in a web of disinformation”. Trump shot back that Zelensky was a “dictator without elections”.
Earlier, Trump had accused Ukraine of starting the war, although Russia had invaded it. Trump calling Zelensky a “dictator” has to do with Ukraine not holding elections because of the war last year after his five-year term ended.
(With inputs from agencies)