Ukraine (BBN)-Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine have released 1,200 prisoners, President Petro Poroshenko has said.
The releases were under a prisoner exchange agreed as part of the ceasefire reached on Friday, he said, reports BBC.
He was speaking during a visit to the strategic south-eastern port city of Mariupol, which has come under shelling from pro-Russian rebels in recent days.
Mr Poroshenko announced his arrival in a tweet: "Mariupol is Ukraine. We will not surrender this land to anyone."
BBN/ANS-08Sept14-8:40pm (BST)