MOSCOW, May 8. /TASS/. Russia has agreed to the initiative of US President Donald Trump on a truce with Ukraine from May 9 to 11 and a prisoners of war exchange with Kiev during this period in a thousand for a thousand format, said Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov.
TASS has compiled the key statements of the presidential aide.
Russia agreed to Trump's initiative for a truce with Ukraine from May 9 to 11 and a prisoners of war exchange in a thousand-for-a-thousand format with Kiev during this period: "On behalf of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, I confirm the acceptability for the Russian side of the initiative just proposed by US President Donald Trump regarding a truce for the exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine.
"The main thing is that it was agreed to exchange a thousand prisoners of war each during the truce period from 9 to 11 May inclusive."
Telephone contacts between Russia and the United States, as well as Washington's interaction with Kiev made the agreement on a truce on May 9-11 possible: "An agreement on this matter was reached during our telephone contacts with the administration of the president of the United States. The US representatives, in turn, were in touch with Kiev."
