- Title: TIMELINE: Ukraine, US teams holding talks in Saudi Arabia to end war with Russia
- Date: 5th January 2025
- Summary: Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 175 prisoners of war each, both sides said on Wednesday (March 19), following a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin in which the swap was discussed. Russia handed over an additional 22 heavily wounded Ukrainian prisoners, both sides confirmed. CHERNIHIV REGION, UKRAINE (MARCH 19, 2025) (REUTERS) RELE
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- Story Text: The U.S. hopes to reach a broad ceasefire within weeks, targeting a truce agreement by April 20, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday (March 23), citing people familiar with the planning.
Ukrainian and U.S. officials are expected to meet in Saudi Arabia late on Sunday to discuss a possible partial ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, part of an escalating diplomatic push by U.S. President Donald Trump to end three years of war.
The meeting will precede talks between the U.S. and Russian delegations which are scheduled for Monday (March 24).
The meetings follow a series of talks held in Saudi Arabia, first between the U.S. and Russia, and then later between the U.S. and Ukraine, when Kyiv accepted a 30-day truce proposal.
Despite all the diplomatic activity, Russia and Ukraine have both reported continued strikes, while Russian forces have also continued to advance slowly in eastern Ukraine, a region Moscow claims to have annexed.
A large-scale Russian drone attack on Kyiv overnight killed at least three people, including a 5-year-old child, causing fires in high-rise apartment buildings and damage throughout the capital, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.
Meanwhile Russian authorities said on Sunday that their air defenses had destroyed 59 Ukrainian drones targeting the country's southwestern regions, adding that the strikes had killed one person in Rostov.
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