Updated 5:23 p.m. Moscow Time
DONETSK, September 13 (RIA Novosti) – Kiev and independence supporters in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on Saturday agreed to exchange war prisoners by the end of the week, according to an official in the Donetsk administration.
"The swap will most likely take place tomorrow," Daria Morozova, the head of the War Prisoners' Exchange Committee, said without specifying the number of captives the sides were going to swap.
"We are still working on the lists," she added.
Daria Morozova said earlier that DPR self-defense forces on Friday handed over 36 Ukrainian personnel that had been held on the republic's territory during Kiev's military operation in eastern Ukraine. In its turn, the Ukrainian government freed 31 prisoners.
The swaps follow the groundbreaking ceasefire agreement in Belarus's capital Minsk on September 5 when the sides agreed to exchange all prisoners and open humanitarian corridors. Negotiators were building on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's peace plan for resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine, as well as on Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposals.
The ceasefire came into force at 15:00 GMT the same day, although both the Ukrainian military and independence supporters accused each other of violating the accord in the immediate aftermath. The truce is said to be "largely holding."
