The former principal deputy chief monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Alexander Hug believes the prisoner exchange Ukraine and Russia concluded in a 35-to-35 format on Sept. 7 was a very important move, despite the fact that Volodymyr Tsemakh, an MH17 downing suspect, was released by Ukraine as part of the swap.
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Vyacheslav Zinchenko, a crew member of Ukrainian naval ships, which were 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.
