President Zelensky commented on the exchange of the former Berkut fighters for the first time22:40, 29 December 2019300 Zelensky talked to people at the airport Dec 29,2019t.me/pavlovskynews At Boryspil Airport, President Volodymyr Zelensky commented the exchange of the former Berkut fighters for the first time as the society was discussing its feasibility during a week. Zelensky stated that it was demand of

Artur Denisultanov spent two and a half years in a Ukrainian pre-trial detention center waiting a court verdict, and three days before the exchange, charges were against him were dropped21:20, 29 December 2019200 Artur DenisultanovOpen source Ukraine extradited to militants Artur Denisultanov who was accused of an attempted assassination of Chechen volunteers who took part in hostilities in Donbas on

The board is heading to Boryspil airport, where they will be met by the president of Ukraine20:52, 29 December 2019000 Open source Ukrainians liberated during the prisoner swap between Ukraine and uncontrolled Donbas territories are flying home from the Chuguyiv military airfield. This was reported by the press service of the President’s Office. “The board with the 76th liberated Ukrainians flies from the

The Security Service of Ukraine published a complete list of Ukrainians, who returned from the conclusion of the occupied territories of Donbas. Relevant information was published on the SBU website. A complete list of released people is as follows: Military servicemen Volodymyr Voskoboinyk Oleksandr Heimur Serhiy Hlondar Ivan Duyev Kim Duvanov Yuriy Yevtoshok Vasyl Zhemelinsky Serhiy Ivanchuk Oleksandr Korinkov Bohdan Pantiushenko Borys

The media reported that the Russian soldiers had been urgently evacuated after a fist fight with American military. As Russian publication The Military Review (Voyennoe Obozrenie) reports, citing several sources, the fight between American and  Russian soldiers did take place in Syria, and, as a result, the Russian soldiers had to be urgently taken to the hospital. “The Israeli press drew attention

The exchange began as intended, at 11 a.m. Sunday10:55, 29 December 2019400 Armed militants, prisoner swap, December 2019TASS Members of the pro-Kremlin illegal armed formations in Donbas brought the forcefully held Ukrainians to the site of exchange.  Vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross parked in the area. OSCE vehicles patrol the premises, checking whether the exchange procedure is not

Reason for protest is that former law enfocers from Berkut riot police are on exchange list09:40, 29 December 2019000 112 Agency Protesters that gathered near the Lukyanivsky pre-trial detention center in Kyiv to block the prisoner swap between Ukraine and occupied Donbas are still blocking the facility. The reason for their actions is that former law enfocers from Berkut riot

Ukrainian Prosecutor Serhiy Kutsy has confirmed that former Berkut special forces officers accused of killing rally holders near Maidan (Independence Square in Kyiv) are on the exchange lists, the online edition of Hromadske.ua reports. Prosecutors are asking to change the measure of restraint for former Berkut members, since they are on the exchange lists. Kutsy during a court hearing read