The spokesman for the European External Action Service (EEAS) welcomed, on 29 December, a “significant exchange” of detainees - 76 Ukrainians, including 12 military personnel against 124 pro-Russian - between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists in the self-proclaimed Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk.
“This is a welcome example of implementation of one of the measures agreed at the Normandy 4 summit of 9 December” (see EUROPE B12387A22), he said in a statement.
“The European Union...