[Moscow / Kyiv 7th Reuters]-Russia and Ukraine exchanged 35 detainees on both sides on the 7th. It is perceived as a result of careful negotiations on the restoration of relations, and is expected to lead to a thaw of the bilateral relations that have cooled since the inclusion of the Crimea in 2014.
After a long discussion, a Russian plane carrying a released Russian detainee arrived in Moscow, and a Ukrainian plane carrying a Ukrainian detainee arrived in Kiev.
Among the Ukrainians who were released were 24 crew members of a ship captured by Russia off the Crimea last year, and film director Oleg Sentsov.
Russian detainees, on the other hand, included one of the suspects suspected of being involved in the Malaysian aircraft shooting down in eastern Ukraine in 2014, as well as a detainee's pet cat.
