Deputy Minister for temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons of Ukraine Yuriy Hrymchak has said the exchange of prisoners was coordinated with the Russian Federation, not with the pro-Russian militants in Donbas.
Mikheil Saakashvili is not a political figure in Ukraine, Deputy Minister for temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons of Ukraine, Yuriy Hrymchak said, speaking to Hromadske Radio.
The Russian Federation will be forced to withdraw its forces from the now-occupied areas of Donbas, Ukrainian Deputy Minister for temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons Yuriy Hrymchak told TV Channel 5, commenting on the meeting of U.S. special representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker and Putin's aide Vladislav Surkov.