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Prisoner Swap Between Kiev, East Ukrainian Forces Postponed Until Feb 9-10

© AFP 2023 / VASILY MAXIMOVUkrainian prisoners stand as a militant of the self-proclaimed "People's Republic of Donetsk" stands guard during a prisoner exchange with Ukraine on December 26, 2014. File photo
Ukrainian prisoners stand as a militant of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk stands guard during a prisoner exchange with Ukraine on December 26, 2014. File photo - Sputnik International
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According to a self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic negotiator, a prisoner exchange with Kiev scheduled for February 7 was postponed to February 9-10.

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DONETSK (Sputnik) – A prisoner exchange between Kiev and eastern Ukrainian forces has been postponed from February 7 to February 9 or 10, a self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic negotiator said Saturday.

“We planned to have a prisoner exchange on February 7, but we needed to postpone it to February 9-10. I cannot give any reasons of why right now,” Ivan Kopyl told RIA Novosti.

In the most recent December swap DPR released over 145 prisoners, with Kiev handing over 222 people. The next exchange was expected to be held in mid-January, according to the DPR envoy at the Minsk peace talks Denis Pushilin.

On January 22, DPR leader Alexander Zakharchenko said that the republic's authorities would no longer swap Ukrainian prisoners in an all-for-all format and would carry out a one-for-one exchange.

An all-for-all prisoner swap between Kiev and eastern Ukraine was agreed upon in September 2014 at a Contact Group meeting in Minsk, with the mediation of Russia and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

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