Contents tagged with prisoner exchange
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Russian conscripts released through prisoner exchanges redeployed to military units near Ukrainian border
Russian conscripts captured during their mandatory service in the Kursk region and subsequently released through a prisoner exchange are being re-deployed to military units, including those near the Ukrainian border, according to a report from Verstka citing the mother of one conscript, Yekaterina.
She reported that her son informed her they were being transported to Moscow and would then be sent back to their military units to "finish their service." Among these assignments is the military …
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Ukraine and Russia carry out second major prisoner swap in 48 hours
In a span of 48 hours, Ukraine and Russia have conducted their second major prisoner exchange. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, 103 soldiers have been successfully repatriated.
The repatriated Ukrainian servicemen include 82 privates and sergeants, and 21 officers. These soldiers hailed from various battlegrounds including Kyiv, Donbas, Mariupol and the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and the Kharkiv regions. President Zelensky extended his gratitude to the …
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Major prisoner exchange sees 49 Ukrainians released from Russian captivity
In a significant development, 49 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have returned home after being held captive by Russia during its ongoing aggressive war against Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“This includes warriors from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, National Guard, National Police, State Border Service, as well as our civilian citizens,” stated President Zelensky in his official address.
One notable detainee is Crimean Tatar journalist Lenie Umerova, who had been …
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Ukrainian Prosecutor General shares Facebook post confirming major prisoner swap with Russia
The newly appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Ruslan Riaboshapka, has shared a Facebook post by Verkhovna Rada employee Anna Islamova confirming a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
“The exchange is complete: The sailors, Sentsov, Karpyuk, Balukh and Hryb are flying home,” Islamova wrote in the original post.
Alexey Venediktov, editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow, posted in his Telegram channel that the plane with released Ukrainian prisoners was scheduled to land in Kyiv …
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Kyiv proposes swapping 23 Russian prisoners for Ukrainians held captive in Russia
Kyiv increased the number of Russians offered in exchange for Ukrainian citizens convicted in Russia. The earlier offer was for the release of 20 Russian citizens. Now, Ukraine’s representative in the Humanitarian Subgroup on Donbas [of the Trilateral Contact Group] Iryna Herashchenko voiced the proposal to release 23 Russians, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"Those Russians who were detained, in fact, as a result of the war for... participation in the conflict under the guise of so-called "militia" …
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Herashchenko: Ukraine prepared to exchange 20 Russians for Ukrainians imprisoned in Russia
Ukraine is prepared to swap twenty Russians currently held in Ukrainian prisons in exchange for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia.
Iryna Herashchenko, First Deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and Ukraine's representative to the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine, said that this issue will be raised on in Minsk on Wednesday, April 4.
"The Working Group [is meeting] on April 4 in Minsk ... the second issue that we will raise there is the …
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In the prisoner exchange with the separatists, Ukraine refused to surrender a witness in the case of the downed MH17 Boeing aircraft
Ukraine refused to transfer a key witness to the separatists of Luhansk (LPR) and Donetsk (LPR) People’s Republics as part of a prisoner exchange. The witness is part of an ongoing investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in the skies over the Donbas in the summer of 2014.
"LPR/DPR asked for a person who is actually listed as a witness in the case on the shooting down of the Malaysian Boeing. Of course, we did not give away this man. He remains here. We could not have …
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Ukrainian President greets prisoners of war released from separatist captivity in Donbas
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko personally met Ukrainians who were released from the captivity of pro-Russian separatists in self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics. A video of the head of state greeting the freed citizens was posted on Poroshenko’s Facebook page.
Poroshenko met the former prisoners of war at the Boryspil airport where they were flown in by helicopters from the point of exchange. The President, clad in military fatigues and wearing an Armed Forces beret, …
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SBU: 103 Ukrainians still remain in captivity in the Donbas
103 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are still held in captivity by the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) separatists. Dozens of Ukrainian citizens are being illegally held in the territory of the Russian Federation, the press center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported.
According to the statement, 3,215 people in total have been released from captivity since 2014 and 402 persons are still considered missing.
"We know each of them by name. And we …
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Herashchenko: 170 Ukrainian citizens illegally held captive in Donbas
The first vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, the President's representative in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the issues of the Donbas, Iryna Herashchenko spoke with journalists on the night of December 25 after meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
In answer to questions from the journalists of 112 Ukraine TV, she declared that currently, 170 citizens of Ukraine are being illegally detained in separatist-held Donbas. Ukrayinski Pravda published several details about the …