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Russia-led forces hand detainees lists over to Ukraine

The Ukrainian side shared its lists in the winter.

20:59, 09.05.2021

Ukrainian sailors held in Libya since 2016 on their way home

The foreign minister says the process is under his personal control.

21:20, 07.01.2021

Ukraine's justice ministry to offer at least four prison facilities for sale in 2021

The start of the sale of prisons that are not used in the country was announced on August 6.

14:59, 31.12.2020

Human rights commissioner: 251 Ukrainians held captive in occupied Donbas

The official says it is not possible to monitor how their rights are being observed in the Russia-occupied territory.

22:59, 11.12.2020

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"Captivity kills even those who survived": Ex-Donbas captive dies of heart problems

He was held captive by Russia-controlled groups from May 2019 to December 2019.

10:40, 19.10.2020

Zelensky: Ukraine sends POW swap lists to Donbas

Some 100 people are expected to be exchanged from each side.

00:59, 21.08.2020

Zelensky's Office announces new prisoner swap with Donbas soon

There is no final decision on new sites for the disengagement of forces and weapons.

21:56, 10.07.2020

Ukraine's ombudsperson: Ukrainian political prisoner in Russia may have contracted COVID-19

The detention center's administration has not yet provided Buhaichuk with proper medical assistance.

18:30, 12.05.2020

U.S. calls on Russia to immediately release all unjustly imprisoned Ukrainians

U.S. diplomats welcome the latest exchange of detainees.

20:59, 16.04.2020

Minister for occupied territories: "Dozens" of Ukrainians should return home amid prisoner swap

He said the exchange would be "tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

22:57, 15.04.2020

Donbas prisoner swap: Media outlet reports date and venue

Journalists will not be allowed over the coronavirus quarantine.

18:35, 15.04.2020

Ukraine may release almost 900 prisoners amid COVID-19 epidemic

The ministry wants to amend laws to reduce the number of new people sent to pretrial detention centers or penal colonies.

16:58, 08.04.2020

Ukraine's justice minister names possible ways of infection with COVID-19 among prisoners

Most likely, the virus can get into prisons through employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine.

16:01, 07.04.2020

Zelensky asks Pope Francis to help with release of prisoners (Photo)

According to Zelensky, the Pope is doing everything possible to achieve peace and harmony throughout the world.

15:24, 08.02.2020

Ukraine-"DPR/LPR" prisoner swap takes place according to "124-for-76" formula – Lutkovska

The Ukrainian side has handed over 124 people to Russian-occupied Donbas, the official specified.

23:53, 29.12.2019

Canada welcomes release of Ukrainians from militant captivity in Donbas

It is an important step forward, the Canadian Embassy says.

22:44, 29.12.2019

Ukrainians meet liberated captives from Russia-controlled Donbas at Boryspil Airport (Video)

A total of 76 prisoners have been released from captivity in Russian-occupied Donbas.

21:50, 29.12.2019

Ukrainian President's Office says prisoner swap completed (Photo, video)

Seventy-six Ukrainian prisoners held in Russian-occupied Donbas are safe in the territory controlled by Kyiv.

17:40, 29.12.2019

Prisoner swap: Twenty prisoners refuse to return to occupied Donbas

The exact number of prisoners to be exchanged has not yet been specified.

14:40, 29.12.2019

Donbas militants convoy captive Ukrainians to place of prisoner swap

A convoy with prisoners, whom the Ukrainian side is expected to exchange for its citizens, has also left a pretrial detention center in the town of Bakhmut.

11:56, 29.12.2019

Prisoners to be swapped before year-end, Ukrainian delegation in Minsk says

No details have been disclosed on the formula or date of the exchange.

18:45, 23.12.2019

UN urges "DPR/LPR" to allow international observers to visit held persons

OHCHR operations in territory controlled by 'Donetsk people's republic' and 'Luhansk people's republic' have been substantively restricted since June 2018.

16:40, 12.12.2019

Zelensky expects 72 Ukrainian hostages to be freed from Russia-occupied Donbas

The Ukrainian president wants this to happen by the year's end.

04:20, 10.12.2019

Russia, Ukraine may hold "all for all" prisoner swap late 2019 – expert

The swap may be held around Christmas.

15:40, 09.12.2019

Ahead of Normandy Four summit, Ukraine's Foreign Minister names "main red line" for Ukraine

The talks on Donbas settlement will be held in Paris today.

09:00, 09.12.2019

Zelensky wants return of all prisoners before holiday season

Zelensky says he sees the humanitarian issue as very personal.

15:55, 04.12.2019

Over 6,000 Ukrainians in prisons abroad – Rada's human rights committee

An ad hoc group was created to develop a plan to bring Ukrainian prisoners home.

03:20, 12.11.2019

New prisoner swap not synchronized with Normandy summit – FM Prystaiko

The minister says preparations for a large-scale exchange of detainees are under way.

10:15, 01.11.2019

Dates for release of all detained Ukrainians discussed as part of TCG on Donbas

Along with preparations for the Normandy Four meeting, the parties are working on a roadmap for the implementation of the Minsk agreements.

20:59, 12.09.2019

G7 Ambassadors express hope for release of other Ukrainian prisoners in Russia

G7 Ambassadors welcome the release of 35 Ukrainian detainees.

23:13, 07.09.2019

SBU: 227 Ukrainians still illegally held in occupied territories

The SBU has been integrated in the process of Ukrainian prisoner release since the early days of Russian aggression.

22:40, 07.09.2019

Vyshinsky put on Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap list – source

The source said the relevant move by the Kyiv Court of Appeal is connected with the exchange of held persons with Russia.

15:40, 28.08.2019

Moscow, Kyiv may swap prisoners this week – lawyer

There is still no final decision on how many people will be on the lists from both sides.

10:43, 27.08.2019

SBU: 223 Ukrainians illegally held in occupied Donbas

Another 258 persons have gone missing, according to the official data.

21:50, 08.08.2019

Ukraine, Turkey presidents discuss release of Ukrainian sailors, other political prisoners in Russia

The release of Ukrainians imprisoned in Russia is seen as a very important contribution to the end of the war in Donbas.

14:20, 08.08.2019

Ukraine, U.S. to exchange experience in searching POW, MIA soldiers

The respective memorandum was signed by Ukraine's Defense Ministry and the U.S. Department of Defense.

10:57, 06.08.2019

Zelensky's office offers Kremlin to simultaneously free Russia's Vyshinsky and Ukraine's Sentsov

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov noted that the first step to start normalizing relations between Russia and Ukraine could be the transfer of Vyshinsky to Russia.

00:50, 19.07.2019

New Minsk talks round ends with agreement on preparing POWs for swap: 69 for 208

The Ukrainian envoy's press secretary says that the whereabouts of 69 Ukrainian hostages in Russia-occupied Donbas have been confirmed.

21:56, 17.07.2019

Ukrainian MP Rabinovych gives names of four Ukrainian captives to be released from Donbas

The four detainees are reportedly to be transferred to Viktor Medvedchuk in Minsk, Belarus, on June 28.

15:59, 27.06.2019

Four guards injured in Ukraine prison violence apparently sparked by searches – media

Nobody was killed but four guards were treated for injuries.

17:59, 27.05.2019

Three wounded Ukrainian sailors transferred to Moscow's Lefortovo – Russian journalist

They were previously kept in the hospital of the Matrosskaya Tishina detention center.

11:04, 28.01.2019

Forty-two prisoners transferred from occupied Luhansk to Ukraine (Photo)

Gerashchenko said the transfer of persons from the occupied city of Donetsk who had been convicted before the outbreak of war would continue on Thursday.

15:20, 12.12.2018

Russia's Ombudsperson visits Ukrainian sailors in Moscow prison hospital

The prisoners communicate with their relatives by e-mail.

10:54, 07.12.2018

Ukraine offers to swap captured Ukrainians for Russian prisoners by year-end – Ukrainian envoy

However, according to Marchuk, the Russian side does not accept such offers.

16:20, 05.12.2018

Ukraine preparing statement to ECHR over Russia's seizure of Ukrainian navymen

Ukraine seeks to protect rights of captured crew.

16:00, 26.11.2018

OSCE envoy Frisch could not visit all hostages in Donbas – Ukraine's Ombudsperson

At the same time, the occupation authorities asked Toni Frisch to see prisoners held in custody in Ukraine and gave him a relevant list.

13:50, 05.10.2018

Russia may free Sentsov in exchange for three Russians detained in U.S. – Russian media

Moscow is seeking the extradition of an accused spy, an arms dealer and a drug dealer.

20:40, 30.09.2018

Ombudswoman Denisova asks ICRC to check why Ukrainian prisoners die in occupied Luhansk

The individuals who were found dead wanted to continue serving their term in Ukrainian-controlled territory.

01:44, 08.09.2018

Over 100 Ukrainian citizens held in Italian prisons – Ukraine's Ombudsperson

Among them, there are those recognized as victims of human trafficking.

21:50, 31.08.2018

Russia's Ombudsperson Moskalkova arrives in Kyiv

An agreement had earlier been reached for ombudspersons of both countries to visit Russian nationals who are imprisoned in Ukraine and Ukrainian citizens detained in Russia.

13:00, 26.06.2018