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  • Aug. 30 started with false reports that the prisoner swap was complete, and Ukrainian prisoners—Sentsov, 24 sailors arrested in the Kerch Strait, Balukh, Hryb, and Karpyuk—were on their way to Kyiv. President’s Office and SBU denied the information, said the talks are continuing
  • Later reports suggested that the prisoner swap may be held up as Moscow wants a witness in MH17 downing case
  • 72 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the Donbas war this year
  • Hong Kong protest leaders arrested after citywide screenings of an Oscar-nominated documentary about Ukraine’s EuroMaidan Revolution, “Winter on Fire.”
  • UK police investigate after ex-head of NBU Gontareva hit by car in London

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