ukraine and the proclaimed people's republic of donetsk and lugansk in the east of the country have completeda prisoner exchange ukraine's president arrived at port of the 76 people released by the breakaway republic has just done a story. well we do have some financial figures finally we do know for a fact that more than a 100 people in this world. up in total for instance we do know that has sent some $61.00 people former prisoners to the territories of the self-proclaimed . people's republic and those breakaway regions in turn have send 76 of their former prisoners back to kiev now this whole thing was only possible because of the normandy for all of the latest round of the normandy for talks when vladimir putin for the 1st time. the ukrainian president for them is lenski under german chancellor angela merkel and the french president of manual necron being there as well this was one of the one of the things one of the agreements that they reached during that meeting in paris now this war has seen there have been a few hitches and if you said backs of to this what for instance we do know th

ukraine and the self-proclaimed people's republic of donetsk and lugansk in the east of the country are conducting a prisoner exchange across live now to our correspondent in the down of how did the swap come about. well jacki i should tell you that the swap is currently under way the ukrainian side is saying that it has moved everyone every single person it was supposed to move across the front line across to the territories of the self-proclaimed din that's going lugansk republic so now the next move is to come from those breakaway regions as they're expected to send ukrainian nationals those of those prisoners who they held hostage to who were pre-agreed of course for the swap to hear from now it's not going on the hamper and it's not going without hindrance is firstly there were reports that at least 2 people who are being held hostage in donetsk and lugansk that they have refused to be part of the prisoner swap for one reason or another now as for details also the exact number of people who are being swapped it's still unclear out the reports are putting it in a 100 over a 100 so b

he refused to go back from donetsk and lugansk republics regions for one reason or another also all saw 5 former members of burke could police unit an elite police unit that took part in dispersing the protests the protests the modern uprising back in back when it happened they were part of this war too and they didn't go well with some people because some people in ukraine the share a rather radical stance the rather radical view look on what's going on on the war and so on and what happened on the my done and they share not just animosity but pure hatred towards former birchard members so yesterday there was a court hearing in kiruv in the ukrainian capital on the fate of the of of those 5 persons now they were released which effectively that's why that's how it became possible for them to become part of the swap and those more radically inclined individuals they they didn't take it well that you showed up at the courts at the courts doors they clashed with the police chanting slogans like death to burkhard and so on and so forth but so far it looks that the prisoners will put overall

earlier this month the presidents of russia and ukraine let those talks and the donetsk and lugansk republics are expected to transfer 55 detainees to kiev and the ukrainian government will hand over 87 is the 1st prisoner swap between the sides in 2 years and it's seen as a vital step towards resolving the 5 year conflict in eastern ukraine. 2020 is just 3 days away and polyploid her husband figure out the political shock waves that define the outgoing year in the latest episode of in case you missed it . the end of 2019 sword trump bottle impeachment britain to its own bomb shell leda i'm puerto tests when a truly global welcome to paul 3 i see why my eyes round up of 2019. in september extinction rebellion and we're back with the global strike to draw attention to climate change by community says meanwhile in washington the dems finally had the donald where they wanted him staring down the barrel of impeachment proceedings for georgie phone call where the us president may or may not have put pressure on that comedian ukrainian president to investigate jerry biden's son in return for milita

exchange them directly and then the those that have been released from the unrecognized lugansk and peoples republics will be flown here to kiev and arrive at the main airport and bodies full well just how significant is this want likely to be in terms of improving the very strained relations between ukraine and russia . well obviously anything in this direction is a positive step how positive we will remain we will wait to see but as we heard in the report this is all part of the peace process that has been undertaken by president selenski one of his main promises was to bring peace in the east we did see this this summit in france recently and there were promises that there would be there would be further steps this is the 1st major thing to happen since the summit but obviously the war continues people there is shelling just recently wounded and dead more than 14000 and as you have heard so there remains to be a great deal that means that needs to be done before we see a full peace in the east all right david stern reporting from kiev we thank you very much. well more than 6000 families in a weste

to lead to the full handover of the control of the border between russia and the breakaway republics of lugansk and that he had a lot of our approaches and did remind everyone that when it comes to the minsk accord to control over the border does come after the political section by. the music use of listening read the minsk accords they say ukraine will begin to establish control over the russia don't bust border the day after elections are held in the region that is what the documents see why undermine the agreements and rewrite their contents if we alter one article then the others are likely to be altered as well and will ultimately lose everything i do have to say that there have been concerns that the government of the legs he won't be able to fulfill their part of the agreement to at all in the near future because of the pressure that's been mounting on him domestic only the anti russian pro-war lobby is still very strong and any baby steps that selenski could potentially make towards russia could lead to some serious political damage for him at a whole common conclusions being made by th

political reform and ukraine which should grant special status for the breakaway pro russian republics of lugansk and the nets and also in the midst agreements that actually says that these political reforms somehow have to be worked were reflected in the country's constitution plus there's another element that is free democratic elections in the region now what ukraine has prioritized in its turn their the goal of their government that's what they're always talking about is granting the ukrainian army the control of the border between the breakaway republics and the russian federation and i do have to say though that in fact the elements that russia is thinking about in the 1st place do call 1st in the order when you look at what's written in the midst agreements and. that is something that a lot of our approach reminded about all monday. now according to the arrangements that ukraine will begin with down the road come through and. control of the territory. of the bullet on the next following the election why do we need to. cool it's very. follows the if we. won provision to. disrupt the situati

to lead to the full handover of the control of the border between russia and the breakaway republics of lugansk and then he adds that i mention when it comes to all these aspects it seems that for me there moscow going to be a bar ready for any compromise but during the press conference latimer. did remind everyone that when it comes to the order of the elements of the beds. when it comes to the order of the elements of the midst ford says the aspect that has to do with the control over the border does after the political section by kiev. now according to the arrangements that ukraine will begin with some of that come through of my it establishing control of the cherry tree if you go and part of the board on the next day following the election that might be why do we need to. use it and then question the rewrites of the men's cool it's a very good translation follows the other if we change one provision. they know lou disrupts the situation disrupt the process i do have to say that there have been concerns that the government of president steve will be fulfill their part of the agreement to add

the control of the ukrainian forces the kiev army over the border along the breakaway republics of dawn and skin lugansk with russia but also the special status. of these were republics that is something that russia has been calling for all along and also they want fair democratic elections to be held in this area so what ukraine really wants in this case is the handing over of the border control to happen 1st russia maintains that in the minsk agreements 1st changes to the crazy legislation have to be made and these elections and the amnesty. have to take place and only then the handover can happen so this is the main sticking point that hasn't been resolved at the same time we do have to point out that a joint declaration a list of common conclusions as the leader's name it named it has been released and this is an achievement because in some cases such summons don't lead to a common declaration now this common declaration consists of 3 parts in part one and there are several obligations most of them have to be fulfilled by the end of the year and they all have to do with ending the actual fighting in

here i'll tell you what the bloody conflict in east ukraine between the pro russian breakaway republics of lugansk indonesia can kiev that taken more than 10000 lives has actually been solved but the. one important remark it's been solved on paper and these step by step agreements were called the minsk agreements and i can tell you that for a while for all these 5 years of their existence we've been hearing from all kinds of leaders from west to east that they are the only way to go. to support the implementation of the minsk agreement because the reasonable alternative when be exists in my opinion this is the only way they can create a climate in ukrainian society where they were able to make painful compromises regarding the states don't. agree with them i've also said there is no other alternative to implement when the 6 agreements with help of the embassy you. however if we look at what's been happening on the ground it's easy to realize that pretty much none of these steps were actually taken so now is the new chance because there is a new government in kiev and the normandy format this is th

going on at the moment ukraine and the self-proclaimed people's republic of donetsk and lugansk in the east of the country have initiated a prisoner exchange these are live pictures we're receiving via seeing is overlooking the exchange is part of a deal brokered during peace talks in paris earlier this month the presidents of russia and ukraine led those talks and it is the 1st prisoner swap between kiev and the rest of east ukrainian regions in 2 years and these are live pictures we're looking at of the prisoner swap which is ongoing as we speak. and that is the way keith and i were back again at the top of the. the i'm a girl is like the child in the room it's impulsivity it's narcissism it's us versus them it's fear the prefrontal cortex is empathy it's compassion it's thinking about the future in terms of what we do today that's where we need to make our decisions based from from the prefrontal cortex unfortunately when we eat the modern diet of our planet or when we watch the news or we spend too much time online we lock in to be a make believe we've walked in to the child in the

ukraine and the self-proclaimed people's republic of donetsk and lugansk in the east of the country have initiated a prisoner exchange the o.s.d. is overseeing the exchange and it's part of a deal brokered during peace talks in paris earlier this month the presidents of russia and ukraine led those talks as the 1st prisoner swap between kiev and the rest of east to eastern ukraine regions in 2 years. it's a tradition of the holiday season for world leaders heads of state and major organizations to deliver their annual greetings they usually wrap up the passing year and generally express hope for a prosperous and happy future but it seems this time there are a few particular messages explains. christmas the time of year when people gather together to celebrate the bonds of friendship and family as a side note also a very awkward period for the brits have to regular engage an eye contact except well wishes and fame merriment all at the same time sorry this is not my weekly therapy session but anyway we've all grown tired of repeating the same old merry christmas and in a bid to keep good o

that building i'll tell you what technically the bloody conflict between the breakaway republics of donetsk and lugansk and kiev has been solved but there's one important remark it's been solved on paper now this step by step plan that several years ago was hammered out by the leaders of ukraine russia france and germany it's called the minsk agreements and i can tell you that for all these years from east to west from all kinds of politicians we've been hearing that this plan is the only way to go to support the implementation of the minsk agreement because the reason the alternative no plan b. exists. in my opinion this is the only way they can create a climate in ukrainian society where they were able to make painful compromises regarding the states of their own bias. i agree with the chancellor i've also said there is no other alternative to the implementation of all minsk agreements with help of the l.s.e. you however if we look at what's really been happening on the ground in reality pretty much none of these steps were actually taken and now there is a new chance there's a new government in kiev

tell you what's the bloody conflict in east ukraine between the pro russian breakaway republics of donetsk and lugansk and kiev that's already taken more than 10000 lives has been sorted for a while now but there is one crucial remark it's been sorted on paper the step by step peace plan is called the minsk agreements and it came into being thanks to the leaders of germany france russia and ukraine that became known as the normandy 4 but during almost 5 years of its existence we've been hearing from all kinds of politicians from east to west that the minsk agreements are the only way to go when it comes to the peace process. who support the implementation of the minsk agreement because the reasonable alternative no plan b. exists in my opinion this is the only way they can create a climate in ukrainian society where they were able to make painful compromises regarding the state some so must. i agree with the chancellor there is no other alternative to the implementation of the 6 agreements with help of the embassy you . however in reality none of these steps have been taken pretty much and no wonder t

ukraine and the self-proclaimed people's republic of donetsk and lugansk in the east of the country are conducting a prisoner exchange across live now to our correspondent for the details on the. is or how did this what come about and who has been handed over well as for the numbers we are getting some figures which have to be officially confirmed as of yet some 60 people have been moved from kiev to the territories of the denotes going to guns people's republic and in turn some more than 50 people apparently were sent back to kiev now this whole process has been going on not without its said backs for instance we do know that at least 2 prisoners 2 people held prisoner on the territories of these breakaway republics in ukraine have refused to go back to clear for well one reason or another now this whole swap i should mention has been has become possible only because of the latest round of the normandy forward talks that's when vladimir putin the russian president for the 1st time met with the ukrainian president vladimir zelinsky and also present with angela merkel the german chancell

the bloody conflict in east ukraine between the pro russian breakaway republics of donetsk and lugansk and kiev has been sorted for years now there's only one crucial remark it's been sorted on paper the step by step peace plan is called the mids big dream ends and this came into being thanks to the efforts by the leaders of germany france ukraine and russia this quartet became known as the normandy for well during the 5 years of the existence of the peace plan and we've kept hearing from all kinds of politicians from east to west that the minsk agreements are the only way to go because of also to support the implementation of the minsk agreement because the reasonable alternative no plan b. exists in my opinion this is the only way we can create a climate in ukraine in society where they were able to make painful compromises regarding the states and so must. i agree with the chancellor there is no other alternative in the implementation of agreements with help of the n.s.a. yeast. however in fact in reality none of these steps were pretty much taken so no wonder the normandie for stop

but you need when you make a decision to disband the administration the lugansk going down the answer because you called them republics and then means accord there is nothing about them and so there are going to be gaps word because there is a bubble of understanding that you're not going to give $3000000000.00 according to the decision being arbitrarily chord you're talking about big cheap gas and it isn't as important matter. show you. and. natural gas supplies and what else. 3000000000. 3000000000 fine. ok. just look at. the minsk accords. and disbanding the administrations in the self declared republics recognize that we have publics. means. let's go back to. where the chords were produced former president. insisted. to have signature. by the heads of you to want to recognize the public's you know they put a knife to my. nick metaphorically but the heads of those republics said you know we. you don't want to do it so that say sneak peek behind. in the minsk convince them to put the signature of ukraine recognize the. the use of these authorities in the. us. they had the election. they had people. vote this is a de

total between $1200.00 total prisoners so far of the 2 breakaway republics that have handled the exchange only one has gone so far that is lugansk and we expect and it's a bit later today lugansk sent 25 prisoners back to kiev and key have sent 63 to lugansk most of these prisoners were from the league on sky and were central government soldiers fighting for kids and the reverse side actually has a bit plenty of people who have nothing to do with the war these were included that's why the ukrainian side is sending so much more and more to the breakaway republic to get their soldiers back some of these as was mentioned at the top of the broadcast are these 5. police officers who fired on your mind on protesters they have nothing to do with the war and they have actually sparked some protests in kiev last night i act of us stood outside of the prison where they were held hoping to block their passage they weren't we expect them to be sent over to join us later today they are waiting at the checkpoint. and how significant is this prisoner exchange looking at if it's to ease tensions between russia and ukraine. it's quite significan