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Ukrainian and Russian-backed rebels swap hundreds of prisoners in the war-torn East of the country, one of the largest such exchanges since the outbreak of an insurgency almost four years ago. IMAGES
Five US citizens freed by Iran arrive in Qatar after a prisoner exchange facilitated by the release of $6 billion in frozen oil proceeds. A Qatari jet carrying the five, along with two relatives, touched down at Doha International Airport just before 5:40 pm local time (1440 GMT). IMAGES
Prisoners involved in a landmark exchange arrive in Kiev to applause from relatives. The Ukrainian prisoners released included filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who said he was happy to be home. IMAGES
Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko has arrived home to scenes of jubilation after her release by Russia in a prisoner swap. Nathan Frandino reports.
Pro-Russian rebels hold World War Two memorial at the destroyed monument to Soviet soldiers in Savur-Mohyla in eastern Ukraine. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
A ceasefire is broadly holding in east Ukraine but separatists in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk are training in case hostilities with government troops resume. Mana Rabiee reports.
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