December 12, 2024 5:36 PM

Russia supports Orban’s POW swap proposal but Ukraine refused, Kremlin says

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had fully supported a prisoner of war exchange between Moscow and Kyiv proposed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, but that Ukraine appeared to have turned down the idea. Orban made the proposals during a call with Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, during yesterday's telephone conversation with President Putin, made a proposal on the eve of Christmas to carry o...