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Moscow connected Tuesday freed an American captive aft the first-known sojourn by a subordinate of President Donald Trump's medication to Russia, successful a woody the White House said bodes good for ending the Ukraine war.
The White House said Trump secured the merchandise of Marc Fogel, an American jailed since 2021 connected cause charges, arsenic portion of an "exchange," without offering further details.
Steve Witkoff, a spot developer and adjacent person of Trump who serves arsenic his Middle East envoy, was progressive successful the merchandise and was "leaving Russian airspace" with Fogel, the White House said.
"President Trump, Steve Witkoff and the President's advisors negotiated an speech that serves arsenic a amusement of bully religion from the Russians and a motion we are moving successful the close absorption to extremity the brutal and unspeakable warfare successful Ukraine," U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said successful a statement.
"By tonight, Marc Fogel volition beryllium connected American ungraded and reunited with his household and loved ones acknowledgment to President Trump's leadership," helium said.
Witkoff, who earlier played a cardinal relation successful pushing guardant a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire, would beryllium the archetypal elder U.S. authoritative known to person traveled to Russia successful caller years.
Former President Joe Biden unopen disconnected astir contact, though quality chiefs and others inactive met softly successful 3rd countries, aft Russia invaded Ukraine successful February 2022.
Biden's authorities did, however, negociate earlier high-profile swaps of prisoners.
The announcement connected Fogel came hours aft Trump said that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent would sojourn Ukraine.
Bessent, different elder authoritative successful Trump's squad connected a ngo unrelated to his superior job, volition conscionable Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump said successful a societal media post.
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