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President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to help Ukraine in freeing its hostages and political prisoners from Russian captivity, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin.

“It was very important in the case of Ilmi (Umerov) and Akhtem (Chiygoz). We talked about it for a long time. It was very difficult. I think that Erdogan himself might one day speak about it, maybe after the elections, but now it’s better to work on a new liberation,” Klimkin told TV Channel 5.

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