Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

One of Ukraine's new parliamentarians, widely respected investigative reporter Mustafa Nayyem, in an effort to highlight what he clearly regards as a contributor to the country's corruption problem, says he "can't survive on 6.5 thousand" hryvnyas, equivalent to around $500.

RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service video of government forces and Russian-backed rebels exchanging 19 prisoners at a checkpoint near the town of Schastia, north of Luhansk, yesterday. A prisoner released by separatists was visibly shaken but said he'd been treated well. Small exchanges of this kind are an occasional occurrence in the conflict. A cease-fire has been in place since September 5, but has often been broken.

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Prisoners Exchanged At Ukraine Checkpoint

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