Russia and Ukraine exchanged 35 prisoners on each side on Sept. 7, AP reported. Those freed included 24 Ukrainian sailors and — controversially — Volodymyr Tsemakh, a "person of interest" in the downing of a Malaysian airliner in 2014 that killed all 298 people on board.
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