The humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group for Donbas will converge in Minsk on November 8-9 to address the release of prisoners. This was disclosed by Verkhovna Rada First Deputy Speaker Iryna Gerashchenko. The release of hostages will be the focal point of the humanitarian subgroup, which will be working in Minsk for two days, on November 8 and 9, she said.
According to the SBU, 109 Ukrainian citizens are now in captivity in the temporarily occupied Donbas and another 9 - in the Russian Federation.