27 Aug 2015 18:32

Some 156 people still held captive by militias - Ukrainian president's commissioner

KYIV. Aug 27 (Interfax) - According to the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), 156 people remain captured by militias, says Iryna Herashchenko, the Ukrainian president's commissioner for the peace process in the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions.

A total of 2,882 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have been released since the hostilities began in Donbas. According to the SBU's lists, 156 people are still held captive, Herashchenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.

On August 27, Donetsk militias released 12 Ukrainian soldiers.

Meanwhile, militiamen claim that over 450 people are held captive in Ukraine.