Our
Sister Republic Lugansk once again was attacked by the Ukraine Junta Forces
commanded by Coup Leader Poroshenko. Friday night with families trying to
enjoy the beginning and start of a weekend the Nazi Ukraine Forces
unleashed a barrage of weapons fire on civilians, weapons of Grenade launchers
and heavy machine gun fire. The attack lasted till the early morning
hours into Saturday . It is a miracle no one was hurt ! “No one
was injured,” Lugansk Inform Center quoted LPR the people’s army as
saying. Also , The People’s Republic Army said LPR , Lugansk People’s Republic
positions in Kalinovka settlement were shelled from the dam near the Luganskoye
village from automatic grenade launchers and heavy machine guns fire .
PRISONER EXCHANGE
Kiev Junta an the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) have exchanged prisoners on a “3 for 6” basis in Maryinka near the contact line, Donetsk News Agency reported on Saturday.
This was the
first prisoner exchange between the sides since November 2015.
Six prisoners
held by Kiev were handed to DPR human rights ombudsperson Daria Morozova and
defense minister Vladimir Kononov. Among the freed prisoners were five
militiamen and priest Father Nikon detained in the summer of 2015.
DPR handed
three prisoners to Kiev as well. “The prisoner exchange was prepared for a very
long time by the humanitarian sub-group in Minsk during four meetings. Our
opponents finally agreed,” Morozova noted. She said earlier that she prepared
several more proposals on future prisoner exchanges.
DPR to send Ukraine new prisoner swap proposal until Feb 24
The Donetsk
People’s Republic (DPR) will forward to Ukraine its new proposal on prisoner
exchange in the coming days to make sure that it is considered before the
February 24 meeting of the humanitarian subgroup in Minsk, DPR human rights
ombudsperson Darya Morozova told reporters on Saturday.
“On February
24, we will hold another subgroup meeting. The Ukrainian side will be sent a
new proposal (on prisoner swap) today or tomorrow. Representatives of the
Ukrainian side asked to forward these proposals to them as soon as possible to
consider them until the meeting of the humanitarian subgroup,” Morozova told
Donetsk News Agency.
According to
her, currently there are about 20 Ukrainian military service members in the
Donetsk republic.
Prisoner exchange is envisaged by the Minsk accords signed on 12 February 2015, after negotiations in the so-called “Normandy format” in the Belarusian capital Minsk, bringing together Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
The Minsk
accords also accords envisage ceasefire, weaponry withdrawal, local election in
Donbass, constitutional reform in Ukraine and establishing working sub-groups
on security, political, economy and humanitarian components of the Minsk
accords.
ADDED TEXT:
Zak Novak
Source:
Novorossia Today 21 02-2016
