Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have agreed to a prisoner swap days after the US president branded his Russian counterpart ‘crazy.’
The prisoner swap was revealed Tuesday by Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, who praised Trump as ‘a man who wants results’ as he spoke at an event in Turkey.
Lavrov said the prisoner swap was agreed amid negotiations over the end of the war in Ukraine, which he sensationally accused European nations of attempting to ‘sabotage.’
Officials did not provide details on which prisoners are set to be exchanged.
It comes four days after Trump separately revealed that a ‘major prisoners swap’ had taken place between Russia and Ukraine, believed to involve up to 1,000 prisoners on each side.
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform at the time that the massive exchange ‘could lead to something big’, but did not offer details on what he wanted for brokering the deal.
If the latest prisoner swap between the US and Russia goes ahead, it will be the first since American teacher Marc Fogel was returned to the US in February after over three years in a Russian prison.
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have agreed to a prisoner swap days after the US president branded his Russian counterpart ‘crazy’
The prisoner swap was revealed Tuesday by Russia ‘s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov , who praised Trump as ‘a man who wants results’ as he spoke at an event in Turkey
