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Ukrainian authorities and separatist rebels have agreed on a major prisoner exchange.
Separatist leaders and a Ukrainian government representative said in televised comments on Monday that they would exchange prisoners on Wednesday. They spoke after a meeting in Moscow mediated by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Italy will retreat half of its 1,500 troop contingent in Iraq and send them to Niger to take part in a new international military mission, Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti said Sunday in an interview.
“We will halve our presence there,” Pinotti told the La Repubblica newspaper, as quoted by DPA.
Early on Tuesday, militants started shelling the villages of Travneve and Hladosove in Donetsk region, the Ukrainian members of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC) have reported on the official Facebook page of the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.
“The Ukrainian side of the JCCC reports: in violation of the provided security guarantees, this morning, November 28, 2017, the illegal armed formations began the shelling of the villages of Travneve and Hladosove (Donetsk region),” the report says.
Russian-backed militants launched 26 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in ATO area in Donbass in last day.
This is reported by the ATO press center.
Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in northern Kurdistan Region areas near the Turkish border on Sunday, the Turkish military said.
The Turkish jets hit a number of targets in northern Iraq’s Zap, Mount Qandil, Sinat-Haftanin, Gara and Hakurk regions in northern Kurdistan Region, the Turkish General Staff said on Monday, state-run Anadolu Agency said.