On Friday, Ushakov said Russia had agreed to US President Donald Trump's initiative to establish a ceasefire with Ukraine from May 9 to 11 and conduct a "thousand-for-thousand" prisoner exchange with Kiev during the period.
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Russia, US Negotiated for 2 Days to Agree on Truce With Ukraine - Kremlin Aide
The Russian and US administrations held telephone talks for two days before reaching agreements on a truce and prisoner exchange with Ukraine, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Saturday.
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"We held telephone talks on this issue for two days, representatives of the Russian and American administrations," Ushakov told reporters when asked how Moscow learned about US President Donald Trump's proposal for a truce and prisoner exchange with Ukraine.Services of Russia and Ukraine are supposed to be actively working on the lists of prisoners of war for exchange as part of the agreements, Ushakov said.The groundwork includes making the lists, then finding where the people included in them are being held, then negotiating their exchange and finally, physically transporting them to the agreed place, the Kremlin aide said, adding that all this takes time.Therefore, this new exchange may proceed quickly enough, given that Russia has already prepared the lists.
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