“They gave 127, took 76, agreed on 80, but four people remained because of families. They have been released, but remained there, ”Gromadske quoted him as saying.

At the same time, as the representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup for the Donbass Valeriya Lutkovskaya clarified, Kiev initially agreed to transfer 141 people to Donbass, but 14 of them also refused to leave.

“The numbers are still not final, the headquarters still thinks,” she added.

Earlier, the DPR stated that 61 people returned to the republic as part of the exchange.

In the LPR, in turn, confirmed the transfer of 63 persons by Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadim Pristayko noted that Kiev intends to seek an exchange in the Donbass according to the “all for all” formula.