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Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s humanitarian representative in the Tripartite Contact Group for Donbas settlement Iryna Gerashchenko states that Russian-controlled militants set an ultimatum by demanding the release of 63 criminals who were not involved in the Russia-launched conflict in eastern Ukraine.
One of the most problematic issues remain the demands by pro-Russian militants set forward before the Ukrainian authorities to release “63 criminals who have nothing to do with the conflict in Donbas," Gerashchenko said.
She added that the demand has been voiced as an ultimatum.
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