Donetsk militia on the last working day of the week presented the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies in the exchange of 145 prisoners, reports journalist Last news .

As explained by the head of the Ministry of defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Vladimir Kononov, all the exchanges were brought 146 people, but one of the prisoners did not want to return home and decided to stay in Donetsk." We handed over 145 people, five of Luhansk national Republic will take on this same place tomorrow, " said Kononov.

According to a journalist Last news , now exchange procedure continues. As before stated, the Ukrainian Military has brought to the exchange of 222 people.

As for the prisoner, who did not wish to return, Kononov himself asked the reasons, but the prisoner did not answer the question. The Minister allowed him to remain on the square DND and invited tomorrow to your reception, to help to arrange the private life.

Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat inhabitants of the region according to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were more than 4, 7 thousands of civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured.

first Chapter DND Alexander Zakharchenko said about the fact That during the negotiations of the contact group in Ukraine in Minsk turned out to come to a common opinion about the exchange of prisoners in the format of " all for all " - 150 to 225 people.

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