prisoners

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  Ukraine president expects several prisoner swaps
  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that there will be several prisoner swaps because Ukraine has long lists of people it wants exchanged. "There are over 200 our people on the… 11 February, 17:09
• Ukrainian foreign minister hopes for large-scale prisoner exchange
  Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko has said that Ukraine is preparing another prisoner exchange with Russia and hopes it will be large-scale. “We are indeed preparing another swap. We… 04 February, 15:07
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  Ukraine, Russia negotiate new prisoner exchange - Zelenskyy
  Ukraine is holding talks to enable an exchange which would see Ukrainians detained in the temporarily occupied territory and Russia released, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said… 23 January, 12:34
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  Ukraine, separatists swap prisoners
  On 29 December, Ukraine handed 127 people over to the self-proclaimed separatists Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics. Fourteen more people refused to be swapped, an adviser to… 29 December 2019, 20:30
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  President confirms prisoner exchange planned for 29 Dec
  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that an exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Donbas separatists is planned for 29 December. He said this on a visit to Ivano-Frankivsk… 28 December 2019, 15:36
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  Trilateral contact group on Donbas agrees terms of prisoner swap
  Representatives of the trilateral contact group on Donbas have agreed the terms of the release and exchange of prisoners by the end of 2019, according to Ukraine's representative in… 23 December 2019, 18:25
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  Bezsmertnyy confirms preparations for prisoner exchange
  Ukraine's representative in the political subgroup of the trilateral contact group on a Donbas settlement, Roman Bezsmertnyy, confirmed at a briefing on 18 July that the sides agreed… 18 July 2019, 23:40
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  SBU: Captive Ukrainians from Donbas tortured in Russia
  The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has documented a lot of cases when Ukrainian captives were taken to Russia for interrogation and subjected to torture there. "We have documented… 25 June 2018, 20:05
• March in support of separatist-held prisoners held in Kyiv
  A march in support of prisoners illegally held by the self-proclaimed separatist Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics was held in central Kyiv on 19 May, according to an LB.ua correspondent… 20 May 2018, 13:24
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  Poroshenko says 23 Russian servicemen in Ukrainian prisons
  President Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukrainian prisons hold 23 Russian soldiers and an officer who fought in Donbas. "The Russian claim 'they are not there' no longer works anywhere… 10 April 2018, 14:32
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  Two border guards held in Russia return to Ukraine
  Ukraine has exchanged two Russian captives for two Ukrainian border guards, Ihor Dzyubak and Bohdan Martson, at the Hoptivka checkpoint at the Russian border in Kharkiv Region, according… 02 March 2018, 11:45
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  Poroshenko says Russia to release two more Ukrainians soon
  President Petro Poroshenko has said that Russia will release two more Ukrainians held there by the end of the week. "I can say that by the end of the week we will bring two more hostages… 28 February 2018, 17:21
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  Army defectors can be swapped for Ukrainians held in Russia – lawyer
  Former Ukrainian servicemen Oleksandr Baranov and Maksym Odyntsov, who defected to the Russian army after the annexation of Crimea, can soon be swapped for Ukrainians arrested in Russia… 13 February 2018, 18:19
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  Ukraine transfers 20 prisoners from Donbas
  On 7 February, the separatist Donetsk people’s republic handed over to the Ukrainian authorities 20 people who were serving sentences in the areas of Donetsk Region occupied by Russia… 07 February 2018, 15:29
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  Kuchma expects next prisoner exchange by March
  The next exchange of Ukrainian citizens illegally held in Donbas for government-held prisoners must be held before March 2018, but Russia's position remains the key factor, Ukraine's… 02 February 2018, 15:36