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Ukrainian president's envoy for peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbas Iryna Heraschenko has said that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko bears a personal responsibility for the liberation of captives in Donbas.

“An issue of the liberation of captives [both kept by militants, political prisoners] is under the personal control of Ukrainian president. There is no such international meeting, which wouldn’t cover this issue as a key non-implemented humanitarian clause of the Minsk Agreements,” Heraschenko wrote on her page in Facebook as the press service of the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko said on Jan. 21.

She also said that Ukraine from the first days of the work of the Minsk subgroups insisted on involvement of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to search of people missed and release of the hostages.

“Unfortunately, the militants by now block an access of the mission to the prisons. This is also a bright fact what their words worth…Today the president discussed with ICRC President Peter Maurer cooperation with ICRC over search and liberation of [Ukrainians],” Heraschenko said.