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20 of May, 15:34

The authorities LNR began a dialogue with Kiev on the exchange of captured Russian citizens
The leader of the Luhansk national Republic Igor Carpenter said that the LC leads with Kiev dialogues about the exchange captured by security forces 2 Russian citizens - militia fighters of the Republic.
"We are discussing the issue of their release with (Victor) Medvedchuk (the representative of Ukraine in the contact group on humanitarian issues), preparing the exchange of prisoners by the formula "all for all" - said "Interfax" the head of the LC.
for its part, the Prime Minister LNR Gennady Tsepkalo not exclude that in the framework of the contact group also has the opportunity to be raised by the issue of exchange or release of two workers of the people's militia LNR, captured Kiev. Remember, Sunday is the day the media announced the arrest in the village, the Happiness of the military, who called himself a Russian contract soldiers serving in the special forces. However, later the same day 1st Deputy commander of people's militia LNR Sergey Kozlov said that in reality the Kiev military won captured 2 soldiers of the people's militia of the Luhansk national Republic. Later, on the first day of the week, the foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said that in his country all the same as if he were caught " two Russian officers ". According to the General staff of Ukraine, first they were moved to Kramatorsk, and sacandaga treatment in Kiev. Before that, the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that in the Donbass no Russian military, and the question of verification of the information on detention of like commandos should be addressed not to the Kremlin, and in the Ministry of defence. In the Ministry of war for his part, has told that the detainees in Ukraine, the militia are former Russian military. In the Russian defense Ministry asked them to stop the torture and release of two former soldiers. Moscow has stated many times that it is not involved in the events in southeastern Ukraine, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis. In the capital of Russia emphasize that all the charges against her are unproven.

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