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The SBU Security Service of Ukraine is ready to release within several hours all the detainees in the framework of the implementation of the Minsk agreements, the adviser to the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Yuriy Tandyt said in an interview with 112 TV channel.
"We have always followed paragraph 6 of the Minsk agreements. We are ready at any time to release all those who have committed crimes against the integrity of Ukraine and identify themselves with the so-called republics [Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics] within several hours," Tandyt said.
The release may be carried out without any previous announcement, Tandyt noted.
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The official was also asked to specify the number of Ukrainian prisoners held by the militants.
"If we talk about a total number, we know exactly about 57 our soldiers being detained. About 140 people are held hostages…including civilians," Tandyt said.