Steinmeier confirmed the expected date of exchange of prisoners in the Donbass

The return of Ukrainian prisoners to be held until December 25.

By the end of the month in the Donbass should be the exchange of prisoners. This convinced the Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany and the OSCE Chairman Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said in the story TSN.16:45.

Meanwhile, public organizations require the creation of a body that would investigate human rights violations and torture during captivity. After the people returned with disabilities. “On a 114 dozen of those bunks, they slept in turns, if you can call it a dream… When it drove into the pit – one toilet for all” – says the fighter one of the volunteer battalions, which were captured in Ilovaisk.

Of Christmas in the Donbass should occur in the exchange of prisoners

TSN. 16:45
Today, 17:58

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This convinced the Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany and the OSCE Chairman Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Such an agreement reached at the last meeting, “Norman Quartet” in Minsk. Now according to the SBU, in captivity is 108 Ukrainian hostages, but the militants confirmed only 50 people.

In addition to the intolerable conditions within 11 months was the physical torture and starvation. As a result, the growth of two meters Dmitry weighed only 63 kilograms. The man remembers that when the bones began to srostetsya, they were again broken. Month he could not stand up. “The extender from the computer and plug – in there and the skin burst, and rebar broke. Pack on his head also – the guy loses consciousness. Or forced to squat a thousand times to sit down. After people walk on the second or on the third day. Failed a thousand times to sit down – beating”, – he said.

According to the SBU, now in captivity is 108 Ukrainians, although the occupation authorities of the terrorist “DNR” confirmed only 50. Public organizations, who monitor the situation say that the exact number nobody knows, saying that the defense Ministry believes only the military and then there are other security forces, the volunteers, the volunteers, and so on. Due to the lack of unified account, some released prisoners do not receive any status.

Poroshenko met with the families of Ukrainians held in captivity by militants

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Today, 19:24

Except prisoners, the hostages are their families who sometimes wait years for the return of the native. Family now look forward to the last weeks of December. It was at this time voiced another promise to exchange paloniemi.

As previously reported, December 7 at the meeting of all four sub-groups and the contact group in Minsk, the Ukrainian side will raise the issue of demilitarization of Crimea and the liberation of the hostages. This was announced by the representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian group for talks in Minsk Irina Gerashchenko.

The correspondent TSN Alla Gazanevskaya

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