Security Service of Ukraine updates info on number of Ukrainian hostages in Russia, Donbas

There are 128 Ukrainian citizens held hostage by Russian-backed Donbas militants, while ten more Ukrainians remain in captivity in the territory of the Russian Federation, according to Yuriy Tandit, the adviser of the SBU head, Ukraine`s TV Channel 5 reported.

”As of today, 128 people are being illegally held captive in Donetsk and Luhansk, and another ten people – in Russia. We are fully aware of the situation with each of them, we communicate with relatives and friends,” Tandit said, according to Channel 5.

However, he added that over the past year and a half, the issue has been overly politicized. ”We understand that decisions are made in the Kremlin, although the number of those released or identified increases,” said the official.

Earlier, Ukraine`s humanitarian envoy to the Trilateral Contact Group on the Donbas settlement Iryna Gerashchenko stated that the tactics of the Russian-backed militant leaders and their Russian supervisors are obvious, that is to block the hostage release process and to bounce away from the dialogue all international humanitarian organizations.

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