The United States welcomes the implementation of an agreement on the exchange of detainees during the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Department of State Spokesperson Heather Nauert has said in a press statement.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is outraged by Russia's unilateral decision to withdraw Russian military servicemen from the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) on December 19.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has demanded that Russia should immediately release the 13 Crimean Tatars, who are citizens of Ukraine, and who were detained illegally.