Advisor to the head of the security service of Ukraine (SBU) Markiyan Lubkivsky said on the last working day of the week that about five hundred Ukrainians continue to be captured by militias in the East of Ukraine.

Kyiv authorities in April began in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat citizens of the region. According to the UN on 21 September, the victims of conflict are more than 3, 2 thousands of civilians, more than 8 thousand were injured body. In Minsk on 5 September was held the second meeting of the contact group on the settlement of the situation in the East of Ukraine. Kyiv authorities and the self-proclaimed Republic came to an agreement on the ceasefire, which came into force. The parties also reached agreement on international monitoring of its observance, about the exchange of prisoners in the format of " all for all " and the opening of humanitarian corridors.

" Today in the hands of terrorists is about five hundred of our Residents, " said the tournament Director, adding that since the beginning of the truce Today released already more than 1000 people.

first it was stated that according to the information Commissioner under the President of Ukraine on the settlement of the situation in the East Irina Gerashchenko, 2, 4, thousands of military and civilian are in the list of captured and missing.

now, despite Minsk consensus, exchanges occur in the format of one-on-one. On the last working day of the week, the self-proclaimed head of the Luhansk national Republic Igor Carpenter said that the exchange of prisoners between the Ukrainian security forces and militias by the formula " fifteen fifteen " will take place in the near future.


Kyiv authorities and Eastern militias held in Minsk with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE dialogues, during which a consensus has universal stop the fire, the establishment of public security on the current line of contact, withdrawal of heavy weapons from this zone and settlements and deploy a monitoring mission of the OSCE.

in early autumn, the Parties agreed to a truce and a few questions about the status of the region (), and September 19, developed to implement the Memorandum of nine points. The text of the Memorandum was read after negotiations, the Ukrainian Ombudsman, the second head of state Leonid Kuchma.

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