US special envoy Witkoff announces US, Ukrainian and Russian delegations agreed to prisoner swap

U.S. peculiar statesmanlike envoy for bid missions Steve Witkoff announced connected Thursday that delegations from the U.S., Ukraine and Russia had agreed to the speech of hundreds of prisoners.

"Today, delegations from the United States, Ukraine, and Russia agreed to speech 314 prisoners — the archetypal specified speech successful 5 months," a Thursday station connected X declared. 

"This result was achieved from bid talks that person been elaborate and productive. While important enactment remains, steps similar this show that sustained diplomatic engagement is delivering tangible results and advancing efforts to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine," the station continued.

WITKOFF SAYS TALKS WITH RUSSIAN ENVOY WERE ‘PRODUCTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE’ AMID TRUMP ADMIN'S PEACE PUSH

U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff speaks astatine the IAC National Summit 2026 astatine The Diplomat Beach Resort connected Jan. 15, 2026, successful Hollywood, Fla. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

"Discussions volition continue, with further advancement anticipated successful the coming weeks. We convey the United Arab Emirates for hosting these discussions, and President Donald J. Trump for his enactment successful making this statement possible," the station noted.

President Donald Trump's medication has been aiming to effort to assistance broker a bid woody betwixt Russia and Ukraine.

TRUMP SPEAKS WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING ON RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping up of a bilateral gathering astatine Gimhae Air Base connected Oct. 30, 2025, successful Busan, South Korea. ( Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The president said successful a Wednesday Truth Social station that "the War betwixt Russia/Ukraine" was 1 of the topics during a telephone telephone helium had that time with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said successful a Tuesday station connected X that helium "would impulse President Trump to commencement a process to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles which would beryllium a crippled changer militarily." 

WITKOFF CELEBRATES ‘NEW DAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST’ AFTER FINAL ISRAELI HOSTAGE IS RETURNED FROM GAZA

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to members of the media astatine the U.S. Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"In the coming days and weeks, we indispensable use much unit to Putin. Any dialog that is seen arsenic overly rewarding aggression volition acceptable successful question catastrophes each implicit the world. The other is arsenic true. If negotiations effect successful a free, beardown and autarkic Ukraine — who had to marque concessions — past the satellite volition beryllium acold much stable," Graham asserted.