This was disclosed by Advisor to Chairman of Security Service of Ukraine Yuri Tandit. It is possible to talk confidently only about the fate of 57 hostages.
On December 8 Authorised representative of the President for a peaceful settlement of the situation in the Donbass Iryna Herashchenko said that militants keep 140 Ukrainianins captives. On Dec. 8 issue of swap of prisoners was discussed at a meeting of the Trilateral contact group.
According to Darka Olifer, spokesperson of Representative of Ukraine to the negotiations in Minsk Leonid Kuchma,the Ukrainian side insists that on the eve of Christmas Eve and New Year exchange pf prisoners should become a priority task for both paeties.
