Rubio: Marc Fogel release ‘good sign’ for cooperation with Putin end Ukraine war

Michael Waltznational Security Advisor

President Trump, Steve Witkoff and the president’s advisers negotiated an exchange that serves as a show of good faith from the Russians and a sign we are moving in the right direction to end the brutal and terrible war in Ukraine,

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said

This has been the darkest and most painful period of our lives, but today, we begin to heal,

the Fogel family said

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

The fact that a significant part of Ukraine wants to become Russia, and has already, is a fact,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, referring to Moscow's 2022 annexation of four Ukrainian regions after referendums widely criticized internationally as fraudulent

It is some kind of senile insanity,

Kyiv resident Daniil told AFP

He can think anything and say anything, but Ukraine will never be Russia."

A Ukrainian soldier on a street in central Kyiv, who only gave the name Mykola, said of Trump

Michael Waltznational Security Advisor

By tonight, Marc Fogel will be on American soil and reunited with his family and loved ones thanks to President Trump's leadership,

he said