The Media Initiative Group for Human Rights reports that at least 113 Ukrainian hostages, POWs and civilians, are being held hostage in the occupied territories of the Donbas. Of them, 89 are civilians. Human rights activists have managed to gather some information about these persons. Their families have been waiting for months, or even years. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s representatives in Minsk have repeatedly pointed out that Russia continues to block negotiations on the exchange of prisoners.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
RFE/RL: Stories of three civilian hostages in occupied Donbas
An armoured vehicle rides in the street on August 31, 2018, in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
