(Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine carried out a new prisoner exchange on Saturday, which freed seven Ukrainian soldiers and seven civilians, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk announced on the internet.
One of the soldiers is a five-month pregnant woman, she said. She did not indicate the number of Russians involved in the exchange.
Russian forces pounded the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, failing to capture the three targets, the Ukrainian army said, while according to Moscow Western sanctions against Russia and deliveries weapons Kyiv are hampering peace negotiations.
(Report David Ljunggren, French version Sophie Louet)