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Ukraine’s Mariupol defenders, Putin ally Medvedchuk in prisoner swap

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Ukraine announced a high-profile prisoner swap early Thursday that was the culmination of months of efforts to free many of the Ukrainian fighters who defended a steel plant in Mariupol during a long Russian siege. In exchange, Ukraine gave up Viktor Medvedchuk, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley tells us more.

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