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Poroshenko: Another 36 Ukrainian servicemen released from captivity

By Interfax-Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses the media on the second day of the 2014 NATO Summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales, on Sept. 5, 2014.
Photo by AFP

 Overnight into Friday 36 more Ukrainian servicemen were released from captivity in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.

“As a result of talks 21 [people] were released yesterday and 36 servicemen just now. Truce gives us tome to free our guys, to enhance the army, to build a strong defense line and to protect cities and villages,” Poroshenko wrote on Facebook.

Militants of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) confirmed the exchange held.

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