Ukraine is negotiating an ‘all for all’ exchange of prisoners with Russia

Sunday, September 15, 2019
Ukraine is negotiating an ‘all for all’ exchange of prisoners with Russia

Ukraine is negotiating an ‘all for all’ exchange of prisoners with Russia, Andriy Yermak, Ukraine’s chief negotiator, tells the Financial Times. A trade could result in the freedom of as many 350 Ukrainians held captive in Russia and Russia-controlled Crimea and Donbas. The Sept. 7 prisoner swap proved enormously popular in Ukraine, strengthening Zelenskiy’s hand to win quick approval in the Rada of legislation for free-market economic changes.

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