Advisor to the Minister of defence of Ukraine Vasyl Budic said about the release from captivity of two Ukrainian soldiers.
"Today as a result of successful negotiations with the Donetsk party were released two fighters of armed forces of Ukraine ", - he wrote on his page V.
Budic said that the dialogues were conducted by the Department of the Ministry of defence together with " the Patriot ".
The self-proclaimed authorities of Donetsk national Republic first reported that the Exchange of prisoners will not resume until violates Minsk Kiev consensus. The militia also many times stated that 70% was transferred to the Kiev authorities DNR prisoners are civilians.
The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup of the region's residents. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The next meeting of the contact group on 12 February ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.
Signed in Minsk document assumes among other things " the release and Exchange of all hostages and illegally detained persons ". Moreover, the exchange is not specified, completed and it can be only " thing later on the fifth day following the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact. The exchange is obliged to follow the formula of " all for all ", it follows from the text.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.
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