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RUSSIA: Kremlin Spox-Prisoner Exchange w/US 'Unlikely To Be Turning Point'

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Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov has spoken to reporters following the release of US citizen Marc Fogel as part of a prisoner exchange on 11 Feb. Peskov confirms that one Russian citizen was released from a US jail as part of the deal. After meeting Fogel at the White House US President Donald Trump claimed, “I think this … could be a big, important part in getting the war over.”. However, Peskov pushed back saying "Such agreements are unlikely to be a turning point...These are gradual steps to increase mutual trust, which is now at a low point."

  • Peskov says he has 'no information' regarding Fox News host Sean Hannity's claim that the prisoner exchange followed a three-and-a-half hour meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Trump's special envoy for the Middle East Steven Witkoff.
  • Separately, regarding the situation of the war in Ukraine and speculation that Trump's peace plan could be unveiled at the Munich Security Conference later this week, Peskov says Russia "will never discuss" swapping Ukrainian territory it controls for the area Ukraine holds in the Kursk region. Says "Ukrainian forces will be driven out of Kursk".
  • While Russian forces make steady but very costly advances in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv has maintained its increasingly effective long-range drone attacks on Russian hydrocarbon facilities. Reports from 11 Feb claim that the Saratov refinery in southern Russia was hit by Ukrainian drones for the second time in a month. 
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Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov has spoken to reporters following the release of US citizen Marc Fogel as part of a prisoner exchange on 11 Feb. Peskov confirms that one Russian citizen was released from a US jail as part of the deal. After meeting Fogel at the White House US President Donald Trump claimed, “I think this … could be a big, important part in getting the war over.”. However, Peskov pushed back saying "Such agreements are unlikely to be a turning point...These are gradual steps to increase mutual trust, which is now at a low point."

  • Peskov says he has 'no information' regarding Fox News host Sean Hannity's claim that the prisoner exchange followed a three-and-a-half hour meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Trump's special envoy for the Middle East Steven Witkoff.
  • Separately, regarding the situation of the war in Ukraine and speculation that Trump's peace plan could be unveiled at the Munich Security Conference later this week, Peskov says Russia "will never discuss" swapping Ukrainian territory it controls for the area Ukraine holds in the Kursk region. Says "Ukrainian forces will be driven out of Kursk".
  • While Russian forces make steady but very costly advances in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv has maintained its increasingly effective long-range drone attacks on Russian hydrocarbon facilities. Reports from 11 Feb claim that the Saratov refinery in southern Russia was hit by Ukrainian drones for the second time in a month.