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Newshour: Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners in landmark deal

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Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners in landmark deal

07/09/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners in landmark deal

A long-awaited exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine has been completed.

Russia and Ukraine has exchanged prisoners today. Planes from the two countries brought the freed inmates to Moscow and Kiev with a total of 70 prisoners involved. Relations between the countries have been fraught ever since Russia annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea in 2014. 

Also in the programme: More than forty people are known to have died from Hurricane Dorian but officials say the final figure is expected to be 'staggering; and Iran says it's fired up advanced centrifuges to boost its enriched uranium stockpiles, in the latest scaling back of its commitments under the 2015 international nuclear deal.

(Picture credit: Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, who was jailed on terrorism charges in Russia, gets off a plane upon arrival in Kiev after Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap, at Borispil International Airport.  REUTERS/Gleb Garanich )

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