Wall Street Journal newsroom erupts in applause at Gershkovich’s release | VOA News #shorts

The newsroom of The Wall Street Journal came to a halt Thursday, as word came in that their colleague, Evan Gershkovich, was included in a historic prisoner swap.

The U.S. on Thursday confirmed the swap with Russia that included the release of American journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and permanent U.S. resident Vladimir Kara-Murza.

In total, the U.S. secured the release of 16 individuals, including five wrongfully detained Germans and seven Russian citizens, in return for eight Russians held in the U.S., Germany, Poland, Norway and Slovenia.

It marked the largest prisoner swap between the United States and Russia since the Cold War.

“Today’s exchange will be historic. Not since the Cold War has there been a similar number of individuals exchanged in this way,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters at a briefing. “It’s the culmination of many rounds of complex, painstaking negotiations over many, many months.”

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