Berkut
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| Founded | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Size | Russia |
| Engagements | Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation |
| 2014 Ukrainian revolution | |
| Part of | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
| Type of business | Gendarmerie |
| Riot police | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1217138 |
About Berkut
The Berkut was the Ukrainian system of special police of the Ukrainian Militsiya within the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The agency was formed in 1992, shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, as the successor to the Ukrainian SSR's OMON.
Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists to prisoner exchange
> Pro-Russian separatists and the Ukraine have concluded a long-awaited prisoner exchange of 200 prisoners, The Office of the Ukrainian President said.
Ukraine and the government received 76 prisoners, with the pro-Russian separatists, allegedly, 124.
the Russian and Ukrainian authorities agreed to The Swap is aimed at improving the conditions in our discussions in December.
the relations between the two States deteriorated in 2014, when Russia, the Ukrainian annexed Peninsula of Crimea.
Russian-backed rebels then began an insurgency in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Eastern Ukraine. More Than 13,000 people have been killed in The Conflict .
the Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, said a total of 81 of the Ukraine was published. He said the figure included 76 people who have returned them already, and stay for six people who had decided, "in the occupied territories, because their families live there," His figures don't quite add up.
This is the second exchange of prisoners with Russia, and the Ukraine. In September, the 24 sailors in November 2018 were published taken by Russia in the Kerch Strait from the Crimea, and - controversially - a "person of interest" about the shooting down of flight MH17, who was killed served 298 people, Russia.
Sunday's swap was held at a check-point in the vicinity of the industrial town of Horlivka in the Donetsk region.
"The mutual release of prisoners is completed," the official Twitter account of the Ukrainian President said on Sunday.
The pro-rebel Luhansk information center quoted a local official said, The Exchange was completed, and that nine people would remain on the mainland of Ukraine after the refusal to participate in The Swap .
Ukrainian activists against The Swap blocks The Exit in the Kiev prison in the capital, where some of the pro-Russian prisoners were kept.
objections to the release of the former members of "Berkut " of the Ukrainian police, accused of killing 48 people during pro-democracy demonstrations in February 2014.
In a statement on Saturday that the Ukraine Prosecutor General's office said that the accused before the Court , would still be before the Court .
volodymyr zelensky, ukraine conflict, crimea crisis, ukraine, mh17 plane crash
Source of news: bbc.com
