Russia-backed separatists include in their requirements for the exchange of Ukrainian hostages the demand for the release of former [Yanukovych era police task force] Berkut officers, terrorists and murderers, Ukraine’s humanitarian envoy in the Trilateral Contact Group for the peaceful settlement in Donbas, First Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Gerashchenko said during her Parliament address, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
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UNIAN: Gerashchenko says separatists demand release of ex-Berkut troops, terrorists, murderers
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 26, 2015 shows a Russian-backed separatist sitting in front of destroyed houses in the village of Lohvynove near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve.
