Earlier, the
Ukrainian media reported that the exchange of prisoners between Russia and
Ukraine would take place on August 30.
KIEV, September 2.
/TASS/. There is no progress on the prisoner exchange between Russia and
Ukraine so far, attorney of several detained Russians in Ukraine Valentin Rybin
informed TASS.
"All detained
persons in Ukraine remain where they are. There has been no movement," he
said.
According to the
attorney, the decree of the Ukrainian president on pardoning the detained under
the exchange deal has not been signed yet. Rybin was also unable to confirm the
earlier media reports claiming that the exchange would take place on September
3.
Earlier, the
Ukrainian media reported that the exchange of prisoners between Russia and
Ukraine would take place on August 30. However, the administration of the
Ukrainian president stated that the mutual exchange process between Kiev and
Moscow is not over yet. Later, the Ukrainian Security Service informed that the
exchange would not take place on August 30, and that its final date has not
been determined yet.
Source: ITAR-TASS
02-09-2019
