Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists said on Dec. 23 they would carry out a prisoner exchange by the end of the year, following high-profile peace talks in Paris.
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Vyacheslav Zinchenko, a crew member of Ukrainian naval group, which was seized by Russia's FSB security service in 2018, is greeted by his relatives upon arrival in Kyiv after Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap, at Boryspil International Airport, outside Kyiv, on Sept. 7, 2019.