During the meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of France Emmanuel Macron on April 12, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko raised the issue of release of Ukrainian sailors – prisoners of war, political prisoners and violation of rights of Crimean Tatars.
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Ukrinform: Poroshenko, Merkel, Macron discuss release of Ukrainian political prisoners
Participants attend a rally in support of captured Ukrainian sailors and other Ukrainian prisoners, whose arrests in Russia and Crimea were politically-motivated according to organizers in central Kyiv on Dec. 17, 2018.
