MOSCOW (Sputnik) – France, Germany, as well as the United States, welcomed on Sunday an all-for-all prisoner exchange between Ukraine and the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk (LPR, DPR).
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have also welcomed the Sunday’s exchange.
The US embassy in Ukraine joined those who hailed the exchange of prisoners in Donbass.
Earlier in the day, Ukraine has handed over more than 120 people to DPR and LPR, while the latter returned almost 80 Ukrainian fighters to Kiev. This was the first exchange of prisoners between the sides since 2017. It took place near the city of Horlivka in the Donetsk Region.
On 9 December, the presidents of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine held talks in the so-called Normandy format and agreed, among everything, to ensure the exchange of prisoners between Kiev and Donbas under “all-for-all” formula once the sides finalize the lists of individuals to be released and swapped.
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