With the mediation of the United Arab Emirates, Russia announced this Monday a new exchange of 300 prisoner soldiers with Ukraine after a “negotiation process” on New Year’s Eve.
”On December 30, as a result of a negotiation process, 150 Russian soldiers were repatriated from the territory controlled by the kyiv regime. In exchange, they gave themselves 150 prisoners of war from the Ukrainian army,” declared the Russian Defense Ministry..
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisons since the Russian offensive began in February 2022 and regularly exchange the remains of soldiers killed in combat.
United Arab Emirates continues working so that Ukrainian children can return to their country from Russia.
Despite having reached an agreement, Russia emphasized its disagreement with the eventual deployment of a European contingent in Ukraine. “Of course, we are not satisfied with the proposals made on behalf of the representatives of the president-elect’s team (the American Donald Trump) to postpone the accession of Ukraine to the NATO and to introduce into Ukraine a contingent to maintain the peace formed by British and European forces“, declared the Russian Foreign Minister to the state agency Tass.
Speculation continues over peace negotiations in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Almost three years after the beginning of the conflict, several weeks ago there speculation about peace talks. The foreign ministers of Europe and United States authorities are analyzing deploying a military contingent in Ukraine along the front that extends around 1,000 kilometers.
This idea was discussed by French President Emmanuel Macron and Poland’s Donald Tusk in Warsaw in the middle of this month. It could involve the armies of the members of the NATO, or from countries with nuclear weapons such as France and the United Kingdom
From Russia they considered: “Evidently, it is premature to talk about peacekeeping forces,” declared the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskovlast December 16.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for more weapons and security guarantees from his Western allies before any negotiations with Moscow, while Vladimir Putin continues to demand Ukrainian surrenderhis resignation to belong to the NATO and? Russia retains Ukrainian territories that were annexed recently.
Source: Ambito
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