Sides swap prisoners in Ukraine

Ukrainian military and separatist representatives exchanged dozens of prisoners under cover of darkness at a remote frontline location, kicking off a process intended to usher in peace to the conflict-ridden east.

The prisoner swap saw 139 Ukrainian troops and 52 rebels exchanged at a no man’s land location near the village of Zholobok, some 12 miles west of the rebel-held city Luhansk.