Sixty-four Ukrainians and one American were released on Wednesday, December 14, as a result of a new prisoner exchange between Kiev and Moscow, the Ukrainian presidency announced.
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“64 servicemen of the armed forces of Ukraine who fought in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, in particular (…) have returned to their homeland.“The head of the presidential staff, Andriy Iermak, welcomed in Telegram, detailing that the American Swede Murekez.was also releasedin exchange. According to the Russian news agency Tass, Mr Murekez was arrested in June in eastern Ukraine before being charged in early August.participated in pro-Ukraine and anti-Russian demonstrations“and”motivated by racial hatredAt the beginning of the conflict in Kherson (south).
According to his lawyer, quoted by Tass in his indictment, he appeared at these gatherings.accidentally“. His client”never participated in military operationsin the Donetsk region, he said, adding that “he worked in a night club in Kherson“. At the beginning of November, this city was recaptured by Ukrainian forces after several weeks of counter-offensive. Four bodies in Wednesday’s exchangewere also returnedAndri Yermak also elaborated.
Source: Le Figaro
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