Russia welcomes the progress in the Kiev-Donbas detainee exchange, which was achieved following the latest Normandy Four summit in Paris, the Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said on Thursday

Russia's High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova on Friday appealed to her Greek counterpart Andreas Pottakis to verify the compliance of Russian national Alexander Vinnik's detention conditions in Athens with human rights standards

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Thursday he plans to convene the Supervisory Committee on the implementation of the Prisoner Exchange Agreement aiming to release detainees

A raid by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank has led to 11 detentions, the Palestine Prisoner Society said Thursday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed German Chancellor Angela Merkel by phone that work was underway to form new lists for the prisoner exchange in Donbas

Yemen's Houthis handed over six Saudis to the Red Cross on Wednesday and expect Riyadh to reciprocate the move, the head of the rebel committee for prisoner affairs said

The UK Foreign Office welcomed on Tuesday a recent prisoner exchange between Kiev and the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk (LPR, DPR), as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's efforts, the office said in a statement

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, over the phone on Tuesday and both noted the importance of the recently signed Russia-Ukraine transit deal, the Kremlin press service said

The People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic announced on Monday that two civilians have died, and 15 more have been injured, due to shelling by Ukrainian security forces during 2019, spokesman Ivan Filiponenko stated at a briefing