For more than a year the process of releasing hostages from the occupied Donbass has been blocked. This in an exclusive interview with Channel 5 was made by the representative of Ukraine in the Tripartite Contact Group for the settlement of the situation in the Donbass, Irina Gerashchenko,.

According to her, currently in the occupied territories contain 152 military and civilian Ukrainians.

"We proposed a few months ago, the Ukrainian side, our proposal, we are ready to transfer to the other side 313 persons who committed crimes, or on which there is still a trial, and where Ukrainian legislation allows the pardon procedure for the release of those 88 hostages who are on the" 152 "was confirmed by the other party. But there is no answer on this issue, "- said Gerashchenko.

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