Rubio welcomes agreement on exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, today, welcomed the agreement on exchange of prisoners reached in Istanbul by Ukraine and Russia, stressing President Donald Trump's “calling for an immediate ceasefire“, according to his spokeswoman.

The United States wants to reach a sustainable end of the war between Russia and Ukraine”, according to President Trump”'s strong image, said Tammy Bruce, spokeswoman for the Secretary of State, located in Rome to participate in the inaugural mass of Pope Leon XIV, tomorrow, at St. Peter's Basilica.

The peace plan proposed by the United States defines the best way to make progress”, he stressed, confirming that a telephone conversation between Rubios and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov earlier announced by the Russian Foreign Ministry took place earlier today.

Donald Trump said today he will speak on the phone with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about the conflict in Ukraine on Monday, before speaking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and some leaders of NATO member states.

The phones of the call will be: banning blood flow”, he wrote on the Truth Social platform a day after direct Russian-Ukrainian peace talks, the first since 2022. Trump explained that he hopes for a productive “day, for a ceasefire to be reached and for this very violent war, a war that should never have happened, to end”.

On Friday in Istanbul, the Ukrainian delegation had primarily asked the Russians for a ceasefire “without conditions” and a meeting between the presidents of their two countries./Periscopi/