The SBU, said the timing of a possible liberation of Ukrainians from captivity of fighters
The SBU, said the timing of a possible liberation of Ukrainians from captivity of fighters
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To date, ORDA is officially 108 Ukrainian hostages.
Ukrainian hostages in ORDA can be released before the New year or Christmas.
This was announced by adviser to the head of the SBU Yuriy tandit, reports Ліга.net.
“We hope that the New year will be released the hostages. We are confident that the Russian Federation, which bills itself as a legal state, will do everything in order for Christmas will be released our hostages. We are ready at any time to pick up our children. Will do everything to carry out this operation, ” – said of the Tandem.
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In addition, the head of the SBU Basil Gritsak appealed to the Metropolitan of Augustine, which is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, to attract the Church to release the hostages.
According to Tandit, to date, ORDA is officially 108 Ukrainian hostages. In turn, the militants have confirmed only about 50.
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“If we can get at least one person to release, it will be a big win. Of great importance for the process of release of hostages in this case are our Western partners, European and USA, they help us in this matter,” – said adviser to the head of the SBU.
Earlier it was reported that on 7 December at the meeting of all four sub-groups and the contact group in Minsk, the Ukrainian side will raise the issue of demilitarization of Ukraine and the release of the hostages. The representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian group for talks in Minsk, Irina Gerashchenko noted that “the release of the hostages before the Christmas holidays should be a key task for the Minsk group”.