War prisoners exchange

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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