germany and france the swap is taking place at a checkpoint in the separatist wrong hold of done netsky. forces as separatists have been fighting in eastern ukraine since 2014 the conflict has claimed more than 13000 lives. russia and ukraine swap prisoners last september raising hopes of a wider settlement but fighting continues despite a cease fire agreement. a major prisoner exchange with russia i'm pro russian separatists in september it broke inmates harm and fostered hundreds of the war nice to meet crime could soon be ending it was an early victory for ukraine's new president followed him is a lengthy. middle morally we have agreed the 1st step to one block dialogue or not it is returning our soldier was probably a little prisoner's. to more than 5 years the ukrainian army has been fighting russian back separatists in the country's aced doors cost around 14000 lives and turned a keen duster region into a conflict saw in. efforts to stop the fighting have come to little when zelinsky was elected in i pro he promised to restart the peace process that culminated in a meeting this mo