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August 30, 2019

Russia Ukraine Ukrainians say major prisoner exchange with Russia underway - The Washington Post Russia Moves Jailed Ukrainian as Sides Plan Swap, Interfax Says - Bloomberg Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap Will Not Take Place Friday Despite Absence of Obstacles - SBU - UrduPoint News No prisoner swap with Russia on Friday, talks still ongoing – Ukraine - RT Ukraine president's office says no prisoner swap with Russia yet - WHTC News Ukrainians say major prisoner exchange with Russia underway - The Washington Post The Washington Post Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov looks on from a defendants’ cage as he attends a court hearing in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, in 2015. (Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters) Will Englund Assignment editor on The Washington Post's foreign desk and a veteran Moscow correspondent Read More Russia Moves Jailed Ukrainian as Sides Plan Swap, Interfax Says - Bloomberg Bloomberg Russia Moves Jailed Ukrainian as Sides Plan Swap, Interfax Says BloombergA Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in Russia for more than five years has been moved to Moscow, the Interfax news *service* reported Thursday, in the latest sign ... Read More Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap Will Not Take Place Friday Despite Absence of Obstacles - SBU - UrduPoint News UrduPoint News Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap Will Not Take Place Friday Despite Absence Of Obstacles - SBU Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) 10 minutes ago Fri 30th August 2019 | 02:21 PM Ukraine and Russia will not exchange prisoners on Friday, and the exact date of the long-awaited swap has not been set yet, but nothing prevents it from taking place, the press secretary of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Elena Gitlyanskaya, said KIEV (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 30th August, 2019) Ukraine and Russia will not exchange prisoners on Friday, and the exact date of the long-awaited swap has not been set yet, but nothing prevents it from taking place, the press secretary of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Elena Gitlyanskaya, said. Read More No prisoner swap with Russia on Friday, talks still ongoing – Ukraine - RT RT No prisoner swap with Russia on Friday, talks still ongoing – Ukraine Published time: 30 Aug, 2019 08:53 Follow RT on The much-anticipated major prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine will not happen on Friday, despite earlier reports, Kiev said. Read More Ukraine president's office says no prisoner swap with Russia yet - WHTC News WHTC News Ukraine president's office says no prisoner swap with Russia yet Friday, August 30, 2019 1:54 a.m. EDT KIEV (Reuters) - The office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday no prisoner swap had taken place with Russia yet and the process was ongoing, after an earlier Facebook post by Ukraine's general prosecutor suggested a swap had been completed. Read More

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