Kyiv And Russia-Backed Separatists Exchange Prisoners In Eastern Ukraine

The first Ukrainian prisoners of war get off a bus during a prisoner exchange at a checkpoint near the city of Horlivka on December 27.

DW: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels begin landmark prisoner swap

The swap comes after a recommitment to a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, where over 10,000 people have been killed. A US decision to provide Ukraine with weapons has seen Russia warn the US is encouraging "new bloodshed."

Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels began a landmark prisoner swap on Wednesday, following the recommitment to a ceasefire in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine last week.

It is the largest such swap since the 2014 outbreak of the insurgency.

During Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference of December 14, he had called on Ukrainian

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