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Ukrainian aircraft taking off at Vnukovo

Published Sept. 7, 2019. Updated Sept. 7 at 1:00 pm

A Russian security service officer inspects one of the two buses before they leave the high-security prison of Lefortovo on Sept. 7, 2019 in Moscow as a long-awaited exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kyiv has begun today, a day after Russian President said for the first time the "large-scale" prisoner exchange with Ukraine was being finalised.

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MOSCOW – The plane with the Ukrainian emblem is taking off at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow.

The Antonov An-148 has soared into the sky, its hull bears Ukrainian symbols, an Interfax correspondent reported.

Meanwhile, the plane of the Rossiya Special Flight Detachment, on whose board may be Russians to be swapped, has departed from Boryspil Airport en route to Moscow.

According to the Flightradar24 service, the Tupolev Tu-294 aircraft has taken off.