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Two Russian soldiers captured by the Ukrainian military in the Donbas conflict zone on May 16 are likely to be exchanged, Russian military journalist Arkadiy Babchenko wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday.
"Now, this is necessary for both parties. Ukraine wants to show that the Russian military are involved in the war. Russia doesn’t want to lose face. But this will happen only because of the hype," Babchenko said.
According to Babchenko, more such incidents are not in the interests of either Russia or Ukraine.
"However, if Russia is not involved in the war, as it constantly claims now, and the Russian military are coming to Ukraine as vacationers, volunteers, or are absent without leave, or are dismissed the day before they are captured – they are not servicemen... and no conventions apply to them. They are terrorists," he said.