Trump highlights ‘major prisoner exchange’ between Russia and Ukraine
Officials have said the swap is ongoing, but not complete.
US President Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine have carried out a large exchange of prisoners.
A Ukrainian official said the swap was ongoing, but not yet complete.
Moscow did not immediately confirm the exchange was under way.
“A major prisoners swap was just completed between Russia and Ukraine,” Mr Trump said on the Truth Social platform.
He said it would “go into effect shortly”, although it was not clear what that meant.
A senior Ukrainian official said the exchange was ongoing on Friday morning and has not finished yet.
“This could lead to something big???” Mr Trump added in his post, apparently referring to international diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting.
White House and National Security Council officials did not immediately respond to requests for further details.
The exchange was agreed last week in the first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion of its neighbour.
That meeting in Turkey lasted just two hours and brought no breakthrough in international diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting.
