The local militia in Donetsk freed 15 Ukrainian soldiers from Cherkas and the 40th battalion of the ground defense, said Boris Filatov, deputy head of the Dnepropetrovsk region, reports GHN based on RT.
"The Donetsk side releases captives at our demand without exchange of additional conditions," he added. The process was guided by the head of the center of the prisoners' exchange - Col. Gen. of Ukraine's army reserve, Vladimir Rubin - according to Filatov. Earlier, the first two captives were freed by local militia in Lughansk region, according to the Ukrainian president's press secretary, Svyatoslav Tsegolko. The exchange of captives falls under the ceasefire protocol signed by the two conflicting sides on Friday in Minsk.