Under Lugansk, the exchange of prisoners took place

In the vicinity of Lugansk on the highway next to the village of Kirovsk, the exchange of prisoners took place. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko reported on Twitter about the liberation of 139 Ukrainian military.

According to Inna Varenitsa journalist, 36 DPR militants and 16 LPR were given to the separatists, Gromadska TV reports . According to the press secretary of the President Svyatoslav Tsegolko, today 139 Ukrainian military were released today, another will be free in a few days. Among the liberated Ukrainian military are five defenders of the Donetsk airport and more than a hundred captured in the Debaltsev region.

Earlier, the separatist Donetsk news agency reported that the exchange was planned according to the 37th 37 formula. However, one of the Ukrainian prisoners refused the exchange for an unknown reason, the report said.

During the exit from Debaltsev, 112 Ukrainian military were captured. On Saturday, this was stated by Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Colonel General Stepan Poltorak at the opening of the exhibition "Presence. Evidence of aggression of Russian troops in Ukraine" On Mikhailovskaya Square in the center of Kiev, UNIAN reports .

"Negotiations are ongoing, I think that if the Minsk agreements are met, it will be in the near future. The Ukrainian side has already submitted lists," Poltorak said.

Minsk agreements suggest the exchange of prisoners according to the formula "all for all."

The last large exchange of prisoners took place at the end of December . The militants agreed to transfer 150 prisoners of the Ukrainian military in exchange for 225 of their associates. Military personnel of different departments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, soldiers of volunteer battalions and several volunteers were liberated. They spent in captivity from several weeks to several months. The liberated met Poroshenko.