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War prisoners exchange

 Relatives and friends meet the released Ukrainian hostages at the Boryspil

Relatives and friends meet the released Ukrainian hostages at the Boryspil airport in Kiev, Ukraine, 27 December 2017. Source: EPA

Ukraine and separatist Russian-backed rebels in the east of the country have exchanged hundreds of prisoners in the first prisoner swap between the two sides in 15 months. Separatists from the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk handed over 74 prisoners, and Ukraine's military delivered 237.



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