This was already known to Putin before Trump’s call.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the information made public by the Kremlin and the White House that a large-scale exchange of military personnel will take place on Wednesday.
As Ukrinform writes, the head of the state said that I was aware of the notification of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and the Security Service of Ukraine about the return home of 175 Ukrainian soldiers.
Zelensky stated that “the exchange is great for Ukraine” and guessed that the exchange of all the troops would be “a demonstration of the will to end the war.” The President affirms that “there is no need to be afraid of the boys and girls who are sitting there, because we are not sending them directly back to the front, but they still need help, medicine, rehabilitation.”
- Zelensky stated that he has not yet spoken with Donald Trump after the US President telephoned dictator Putin.