You're reading: Ukraine handed over 64 convicts kept in separatist-held Luhansk Oblast

Sixty-four convicts who served their sentences in separatist-held territories in Luhansk Oblast were handed over to Ukraine on July 24, said Deputy Justice Minister Denys Chernyshov.

“Today, with the assistance of the Office of Ombudswoman of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights and personally Liudmyla Denisova, another 64 convicts, who were serving sentences in prisons in the territory of Luhansk region temporarily uncontrolled by Ukraine, were handed over Ukraine,” he wrote on his Facebook page.