Ukraine agrees prisoner swap with pro-Russian separatists - official


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  • Thursday, 18 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: Participants attend a rally in support of captured Ukrainian sailors and other Ukrainian prisoners, whose arrests in Russia and Crimea were politically-motivated according to organizers, in central Kiev, Ukraine December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia have agreed a prisoner swap expected to involve a total of 277 people taken captive in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian official said on Thursday.

Roman Bezsmertny said Kiev expected to exchange 208 people serving jail sentences in Ukraine for 69 Ukrainians.

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