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| Plane with Ukrainian sailors, others heads to Kiev as Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap unfolds -report | Plane with Ukrainian sailors, others heads to Kiev as Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap unfolds -report |
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| A plane carrying Ukrainian sailors, a filmmaker and other former prisoners held by Moscow on terrorism and other charges is flying to Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s general prosecutor. It is set to land in Kiev early on Friday. | A plane carrying Ukrainian sailors, a filmmaker and other former prisoners held by Moscow on terrorism and other charges is flying to Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s general prosecutor. It is set to land in Kiev early on Friday. |
| News of the swap being underway was reported across Ukrainian and Russian media from Thursday night into Friday. Ukraine’s newly-appointed prosecutor Rouslan Riaboshapka appeared to confirm the exchange by reposting a Facebook post left by a Verkhovna Rada employee celebrating the release of the sailors, filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, and other Ukrainian nationals who were in Russian custody. | News of the swap being underway was reported across Ukrainian and Russian media from Thursday night into Friday. Ukraine’s newly-appointed prosecutor Rouslan Riaboshapka appeared to confirm the exchange by reposting a Facebook post left by a Verkhovna Rada employee celebrating the release of the sailors, filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, and other Ukrainian nationals who were in Russian custody. |
| “The exchange is complete: the sailors, Sentsov, [Mykola] Karpyuk, [Volodymyr] Balukh, and [Pavlo] Hryb are flying home,” Anna Islamova wrote in the post, reported by Riaboshapka. | |
| There has been no official confirmation of the exchange from either Moscow or Kiev, apart from Riaboshapka’s post, so far. | There has been no official confirmation of the exchange from either Moscow or Kiev, apart from Riaboshapka’s post, so far. |
| The prisoner exchange was the top item on the agenda during the first telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in July. Although little was known about the terms and conditions of the impending swap, it was reported at the time that it would include Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, the head of RIA Novosti Ukraine and two dozen sailors detained in the Kerch Strait last November. | The prisoner exchange was the top item on the agenda during the first telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in July. Although little was known about the terms and conditions of the impending swap, it was reported at the time that it would include Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, the head of RIA Novosti Ukraine and two dozen sailors detained in the Kerch Strait last November. |
| The journalist was freed from a Ukrainian prison earlier this week on “personal recognizance,” with his release apparently paving the way for the release of Ukrainian nationals. | The journalist was freed from a Ukrainian prison earlier this week on “personal recognizance,” with his release apparently paving the way for the release of Ukrainian nationals. |
| It is unclear how many Ukrainian nationals are aboard the Kiev-bound plane and if all 24 crew members of the Ukrainian vessels detained by the Russian Coast Guard in November over violating Russian maritime borders in the Kerch Strait are among them. The sailors were arrested and formally charged with crossing the Russian border illegally. | It is unclear how many Ukrainian nationals are aboard the Kiev-bound plane and if all 24 crew members of the Ukrainian vessels detained by the Russian Coast Guard in November over violating Russian maritime borders in the Kerch Strait are among them. The sailors were arrested and formally charged with crossing the Russian border illegally. |
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