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Regarding the timing of such a release, the president said he hoped it would happen as soon as possible. Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the second stage of a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia as he hopes to release the Crimean Tatars from Russian captivity. Read also Zelensky in Boryspil speaks about talks with Putin
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By Maria Romanenko The Ukrainian government says that the MH17 suspect and former Donetsk “people’s republic” soldier Volodymyr Tsemakh was questioned by the Dutch before his departure to Moscow. “He was questioned and not just before his departure… Everything we were asked to do, we have done. It was very difficult and I was really scared that the exchange would
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The Council of Europe welcomes the release of prisoners by Russia and Ukraine today, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland has stated. “The Council of Europe welcomes the release of prisoners by Russia and Ukraine today. This is an encouraging step towards the reconciliation of the two member states of the Council of Europe and an important
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There were emotional scenes in Ukraine as prisoners freed as part of a prisoner swap with Russia arrived back in Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he hoped it marked a first step toward improved relations between the two countries. At the same time, Russians held in Ukraine returned to Moscow to a more low-key welcome. (c) Radio Free Liberty
Read moreSushchenko gave a comment to reporters at the Boryspil airport after meeting with his wife Anzhelika, daughter Yulia and son Maksym, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. He said that the process of sending Ukrainian prisoners on Saturday was held clearly. According to Sushchenko, they were woken up at 4 a.m., told to pack up, and were taken out of the Lefortovo
Read moreUKRAINE’S NEOPHYTE president, Volodymyr Zelensky, took a big step this week toward proving that he will be, as he promised, the most pro-reform president in Ukraine’s history. On Monday, he laid out a breathtakingly ambitious five-year plan including virtually every measure the International Monetary Fund and Western governments have urged on Ukraine in recent years, from land reform to the
Read moreTheir relatives are meeting them at the airport. Screenshot A plane with freed Ukrainian sailors and political prisoners landed in Boryspil International Airport on Saturday, September 7. Their relatives are meeting them at the airport. Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/10676913-plane-with-ukrainian-political-prisoners-landed-in-boryspil-photo-live-video.html (C)UNIAN 2019
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The transfer by Russia of the seized sailors to Ukraine will mean that Russia has actually complied with part of the decision of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, but it still does not formally recognize its jurisdiction, Nikolai Polozov, the head of the legal team for the POW sailors, has said. “Russia will send information to
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Vitaly Portnikov Europeans can breathe easy for the first time in several years: Italy, one of the leading economies of the continent, will no longer be a nightmare of government officials and financiers, it will not provoke crises and strife and undermine European unity, which is already flimsy after the Brexit vote. Matteo Salvini is no longer in power. And
Read moreEarlier, Russian government plane No. RSD092 landed at Ukraine’s Boryspil International Airport. REUTERS Two airplanes with the national symbols of Ukraine have landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport. Read also Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap kicks off – lawyer It is expected they will deliver Ukrainian prisoners of war to Ukraine, Deutsche Welle’s Ukrainian service reports. As UNIAN reported earlier, Russian government plane
Read moreAccording to the Flightradar website, the plane departed from Russia’s Vnukovo Airport at 09:20, and landed in Boryspil at 10:30. Screenshot Russian government plane No. RSD092 has landed at Ukraine’s Boryspil International Airport. According to the Flightradar website, the plane departed from Russia’s Vnukovo Airport at 09:20, and landed in Boryspil at 10:30. The aircraft is used by the Russian
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