Ukrainian citizens Yuriy Soloshenko and Hennadiy Afanasyev, who were illegally imprisoned in Russia, have been swapped and are leaving for Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's tweet.
UNIAN: Poroshenko tweets Soloshenko, Afanasyev leaving for Ukraine, swap over
The two Ukrainians, Yuriy Soloshenko (L) and Hennadiy Afanasyev (2d L), who were illegally imprisoned in Russia, were welcomed on board the plane by Ukrainian presidential press secretary Svyatoslav Tsegolko (R) and First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Gerashchenko (2d R), who is also Ukraine's representative to the humanitarian subgroup in Minsk.
