Advisor to SBU chief: 118 hostages currently held in Luhansk, Donetsk

He said this to journalists today, answering the question by Ukrinform. "There are 118 hostages now in Donetsk and Luhansk. The number has increased as several people were detained in Donetsk and they automatically became hostages," Tandyt said. He noted that, unfortunately, the Russian Federation continued to use hostages to exert pressure on Ukraine.