Kuchma does not expect prisoner swap in Donbas until after Ukrainian election
Ukrainian representative in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) Leonid Kuchma has said he is not expecting a swap of prisoners in Donbas until after the 2019 election in Ukraine.
"I do not think there will be any exchange until after the presidential election," Kuchma said on the sidelines of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) meeting organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Kyiv.
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