Kushner: US working toward the largest prisoner exchange of the Russia-Ukraine war, Europeans to join the next talks

Jared Kushner said Thursday that the United States is working toward "what would be the largest prisoner exchange of the war" between Russia and Ukraine, "potentially reuniting thousands of people with their families."

Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and envoy, posted the update on X at the end of what he called "three days of intense diplomacy." He and special envoy Steve Witkoff held three-way talks with Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Abu Dhabi, flew to Moscow for direct talks with Vladimir Putin, then went to Dublin to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. They finished the day with national security advisers from Ukraine, Germany, Italy, the EU, France, Ireland and Poland.

"Both sides have now agreed to expand the next round of negotiations to include our European partners," Kushner wrote. That will let the talks take up "the broader postwar European security arrangements alongside the territorial issues between Ukraine and Russia."

He said a lasting end to the fighting needs "credible security guarantees, deconfliction mechanisms, and reciprocal de-escalation commitments," and that apart from humanitarian steps, "nothing will be finalized until a comprehensive agreement is reached." No European security deal will be finalized without addressing Ukraine's security concerns, he added.

"President Trump is determined to end this horrible war. Significant differences remain, but we are encouraged by the progress made," Kushner wrote. He said the negotiating tracks, schedule and more details would be announced "shortly." He gave no figures for the prisoner exchange.