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Trump Says He Expects Putin to Release Ukrainian Prisoners
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August 18, 2025

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. (Reuters File)

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President Donald Trump on Monday said he expected Russian President Vladimir Putin to release over 1,000 Ukrainian prisoners soon after a trilateral meeting was set up with Ukrainian leader Voldymyr Zelenskiy.

“I think you’ll see that President Putin really would like to do something also,” Trump said at the start of a meeting with Zelenskiy and seven European leaders, forecasting some “really positive moves” after a trilateral meeting was agreed.

“I know there’s over 1,000 prisoners, and I know they’re going to release them. Maybe they’re going to release them very soon, like immediately, which I think is great,” Trump said.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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