It will take some time, since it involves hundreds of people. This was reported on the page in the social network by the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup of the Tripartite Contact Group Irina Gerashchenko.

According to her, at last, the verification of statements of persons who committed crimes against Ukraine, but which, under the law, can be pardoned for the sake of the release of our hostages. Most of them do not want to return to the occupied territories.

There are hundreds of them, and therefore this monitoring will take some time, - the politician wrote, adding that the verification will bring the release of hostages closer.

For four months in Minsk, the humanitarian group agreed with difficulty on involving international organizations in the verification process. Today this process began with the participation of the office of the Ombudsman, the Security Service of Ukraine and in the coordination of the OSCE, representatives of this Organization will visit the penitentiary institutions,.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, yesterday Irina Gerashchenko said that currently in temporarily uncontrolled territories of Donetsk and Lugansk regions there are 127 Ukrainian hostages.