Representatives from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR, respectively) are avoiding the issue of releasing hostages, Darka Olifer, a spokesperson for Leonid Kuchma, Ukraine's representative in the Trilateral Contact Group, said after the Group's meeting in Minsk on July 27.
DPR and LPR representatives “are shunning the discussion of the release of hostages and do not provide information on the whereabouts of many of our citizens,” she wrote on Facebook.
Kuchma participated in the meeting via Skype.
