Eight Residents of Ukraine released from captivity in Donbass
Eight Residents of Ukraine, and among them four military, freed from captivity in the Donbass in the first day of the weekend, said the Deputy head of the information center of the Council Vladimir Field.
" Yesterday (Saturday), according to the plan of the President of Ukraine from captivity were released Eight Residents of Ukraine, and among them four soldiers. Thus, in the last 2 days of captivity were released 154 hostage, " said Field at a press conference on Sunday.
on the last working day of the week in the process of exchange of prisoners between the Ukrainian military and representatives of the breakaway republics in the Donbass exchanged prisoners. Were released 145 Ukrainians and 222 people, captured the Ukrainian military. Later, on the first day of the weekend, the security service of Ukraine announced the release of 4 Ukrainians.
numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local citizens to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language.