(29 Dec 2019) Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine began exchanging scores of prisoners on Sunday in a move aimed at ending their five-year-long war.
The move was part of an agreement brokered earlier this month at a summit of the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France.
A rebel government official and the Ukrainian president's office confirmed that the swap at a checkpoint near the rebel-held city of Horlivka had started.
The total number of people freed was not immediately known, though authorities said earlier that 142 were expected to be involved in the exchange - 55 released by the rebels and 87 by Ukraine.
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