The pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine signaled their readiness to implement the decisions of the Ukraine summit in Paris. The agreed exchange of prisoners between Kiev and Donetsk could be carried out by the end of the year, said the separatist representative Darja Morozova according to local media today in the territory of the pro-Russian separatists.
An exchange according to the formula „88 against 53“ is possible, she said. The Ukrainian side has 88 prisoners, „we confirmed 53,“ she said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selensky called the 24th of December after the Ukraine summit yesterday in Paris as the date for the exchange.
No direct contactIn the unrecognized
People’s Republic of Luhansk, the politician Rodion Miroshnik said that the Paris Summit adopted a number of points, the implementation of which requires direct dialogue. So far, however, the Ukrainian government and separatist leaders are not talking directly to each other, but through intermediaries in a contact group.
First meeting Selensky with Putin
The first meeting was yesterday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Selenski. Expectations at the Ukraine summit in Paris fluctuated in the run-up between hope and resignation. In the end, the meeting under German-French auspices caused a few surprises.
