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Biggest swap of POWs: 74 Ukrainians for 306 terrorists. 69 terrorists refused to return back.

800 views · Published 28 December 2017 · 9:21 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: NewsFromUkraine · 2017 · News & Politics

In the biggest exchange of prisoners since the war in eastern Ukraine began in 2014, officials said 237 terrorists held by the Ukrainian government were handed over to terrorist-controlled areas of Luhansk and Dontesk on December 27, while 74 captured Ukrainian soldiers and civilians were released by the terrorists into government hands.

It is interesting that 69 out of 306 terrorists refused to return back to the Russian-occupied territories. 43 of them have served their terms in prison in Ukraine and did not come to the exchange. The remaining 26 terrorists who are still sitting in Ukrainian prisons decided to stay in prison rather than to return back to Mordor. Representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross had a chance to speak with each of the terrorists and they confirmed their decision not to return back to the land of Russian freedom, peace and stability.

Read more:
1) https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/prisoners-exchange-starts-donbas.html
2) https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-prisoner-swap/28941084.html

Biggest swap of POWs: 74 Ukrainians for 306 terrorists. 69 terrorists refused to return back.

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