REUTERS
Representatives of the Russian Federation and Moscow-controlled Donbas militants have stated that there are currently 69 Ukrainian hostages being held in captivity in the occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, despite the Ukrainian side’s information on 132 prisoners, according to the Ukrainian humanitarian envoy at the Tripartite Contact Group for Donbas settlement in Minsk, Irina Gerashchenko.
"We have not received information about the fate of the 132 hostages held in the occupied territories,” Gerashchenko said while reporting on the results of a Wednesday meeting of her subgroup.
She added that no information has been received on specific Ukrainian citizens in question, “despite all our requests and demands.”
Read alsoDeployment of OSCE police mission key for Donbas demilitarization – Gerashchenko“We’ve only been told that 55 Ukrainians (with no names provided) are being held in the occupied areas of Donetsk region and another 14 – in the occupied territories of Luhansk region," Iryna Gerashchenko said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, on July 4, Ms Gerashchenko expressed hope that the meeting of the contact group would determine the date of the release of Ukrainian hostages.