The prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia on Sept. 7 has prompted hopes that Moscow and Kyiv are ready for serious talks to end a more than five-year war in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine — a Moscow-fomented conflict that’s claimed more than 13,000 lives.
Voice of America: Prisoner swap – step toward peace or false dawn?
Relatives meet the plane with 35 freed Ukrainian prisoners in Boryspil on Sep. 7, 2019.
