Two more Ukrainians freed from Russian prison in swap - Kiev

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Two Ukrainian citizens jailed in Russia have been freed and are returning home, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday, in what Kiev called a prisoner swap.

It followed the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko from Russian prison in May in a prisoner exchange that was cast as a humanitarian gesture by the Kremlin a few weeks before the European Union decides whether to extend sanctions against Russia over its support for separatist rebels in Ukraine.