A long-awaited exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev has begun, Russian state television reported on Saturday, broadcasting footage of buses leaving a jail in the capital.
‘Buses have left the Lefortovo jail within the framework of preparations for a prisoner exchange,’ the Rossiya 24 rolling news channel said.
AFP correspondents at the scene saw two buses with tinted windows leaving the high-security prison in Moscow under a police convoy.
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said for the first time the ‘large-scale’ prisoner exchange with Ukraine was being finalised.
The Russian leader said the swap would be ‘a huge step towards normalising relations’ …read more
Source:: Gulf times
