"The United Nations is deeply concerned about this fact, and has mobilized all channels to ensure his immediate and unconditional release," the UN press service said in a statement issued on Wednesday, Ukraine Today reports.
According to the information available to the organization, the captive is being treated well.
Read alsoOSCE SMM vehicle hit by bullet near Snizhne"The UN appeals to all parties, including the media, to respect the staff member and his family in this sensitive phase of the discussion around his release," the statement reads.
Read alsoTwo soldiers, one civilian freed from militant captivity in DonbasEarlier reports said that on April 8 militants captured a Ukrainian member of the UN monitoring mission in Donetsk. He is kept in a basement and representatives of the mission are not allowed to see him, nor given any information about the hostage's health condition.
