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Savchenko might be released in 2016 through negotiations, – lawyer Feigin Verkhovna Rada deputy of Batkivshchyna faction Nadiia Savchenko might be released from the Russian prison after political negotiations. 8 181 111 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Savchenko feels fine as she continues hunger strike People's deputy of Ukraine Nadiia Savchenko, illegally detained in Russia, feels fine as she continues hunger strike. 6 044 70 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Russian court sentences Ukrainian citizen apprehended in Russia-occupied Crimea to 11 years in high-security prison Moscow regional court has sentenced Ukrainian citizen Valentyn Vyhovskyi to 11 years in high-security prison on a charge of spying. 17 150 111 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

27 people killed in hotel attack in Mali, - media At least 27 people have been killed in an attack by Islamists in the capital of Mali Bamako. 12 689 30 Incidents

Over 2,900 Ukrainian soldiers released from terrorists’ captivity, 145 hostages still held There are 145 Ukrainians held by the terrorists as of today. 4 304 41 Society

обмен пленными Ukraine exchanged 11 militants for 8 Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian. PHOTOS "Luhansk People's Republic" militants assure they have no more prisoners. According to the released soldiers, another 20 Ukrainian prisoners are held captive in Donetsk. 44 139 91 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

плен captivity Exchange of prisoners might be held in coming days, – Adviser to SBU Chairman The authorized subgroup of the Tripartite Contact Group operating within the Minsk process has information about 148 hostages as of today. They are found not only in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but also in the territory of the Russian Federation. 5 474 58 Incidents

“DPR” and “LPR” terrorists disrupted release of hostages, - SBU The militants of the so-called “DPR” and “LPR” have disrupted the operation to free the hostages after lengthy negotiations jointly carried out by the Ukrainian Security Service and the Humanitarian subgroup of the Tripartite Contact Group in Minsk on Friday. 9 613 17 Incidents

тандит tandit Another defender of Donetsk airport to be released from militants’ captivity in near future, - SBU Andrii Hrechanov with the call sign Rakhman -- one of the Donetsk airport’s defenders also known as Cyborgs -- is expected to be released from the militants’ captivity in the near future. The details of the negotiation process on his liberation are not disclosed. 16 940 64 Incidents

порошенко 2,911 Ukrainians released from captivity due to Minsk agreements, - Poroshenko President Poroshenko claims that 2,911 people have been released from terrorists since Sept., 2014. 8 387 144 Ukrainian Politics

климкин Russia refuses to return border control to Ukraine – Klimkin Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin confirmed that the talks in Berlin failed to make progress on exchange of hostages and returning the control under its section of the Russian-Ukrainian border to Ukraine. 173 097 940 Ukrainian Politics

политзаключенные karpiuk klykh Exact location of kidnapped Ukrainian servicemen’s detention in Russia established after Russia's statement on Yatseniuk, - Deputy Defense Minister Adviser Earlier, the Russian Federation blankly denied the presence of Karpiuk and Klykh on its territory, but the disguise has been thrown off after the speech of Russian Federation Investigation Committee Head Bastrykin. 61 201 95 Previously in trend: Yatseniuk in Chechnya

крыма краснов комбат Crimea battalion commander's mother held hostage FSB officers in the occupied Crimea prevent mother of Stanislav Krasnov, commander of the volunteer battalion "Crimea", from moving to Ukraine's mainland. 52 378 176 Incidents

мид Foreign Ministry: Discrimination of Ukrainians became constant in Russia Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says violation of rights of Ukrainian citizens in Russia has acquired "a systematic and discriminatory nature." Kyiv also accused Moscow of being partial to hostages. 49 898 373 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Citizen of Ukraine taken hostage in Afghanistan A citizen of Ukraine working for a construction company has been taken hostage in Afghanistan. 17 432 71 Incidents

One Ukrainian citizen confirmed among those killed in Mali hotel, - Reuters Citizens of Ukraine, Russian Federation, and South Africa were killed in yesterday's Mali hotel siege. 36 829 65 World

At least seven dead in Mali hotel attack as hostage-taking ends, - ABC News Malian and French armed forces have ended a hostage-taking at a hotel in the center of Mali that left at least seven people dead. 13 931 47 Incidents

Malian army managed to rescue four hostages in hotel attacks Suspected Islamist militants attacked two hotels in central Mali, killing five Malian soldiers and taking a number of hostages. 10 291 20 Incidents

Armed attack committed on hotel in Mali. One of the hostages is Ukrainian, – Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry Unknown persons committed an armed attack on a hotel in Mali having taken hostages. One citizen of Ukraine is among them. 14 866 30 Incidents

Freed Ukrainian soldiers described their captivity: "There were only questions and interrogations" Three Ukrainian soldiers captured last winter near the Donetsk airport were freed from captivity past night. Ukrainian soldiers described how they had been interrogated by terrorists. 32 860 66 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Right Sector denies taking hostage in Zakarpattia Right Sector denies taking a 6-year-old boy hostage in the Zakarpattia region. 66 915 672 Previously in trend: Mukacheve shooting

мвд мукачево сектор правый Right Sector releases 6-year-old boy taken hostage, - Internal Affairs Ministry Two fighters of the Right Sector, hiding in the wood near Mukacheve, took a 6-year-old child hostage and released him shortly after. 137 139 872 Previously in trend: Mukacheve shooting

About thousand bodies of soldiers remain unidentified - Ruban The total number of persons that have gone missing in the zone of the antiterrorist operation is 1,200 - 1,300. 20 234 109 Incidents

Prisoners exchange to be discussed at working groups' meeting in Minsk, - OSCE Members of working groups will discuss in Minsk the matter of prisoners exchange in all-for-all format. 3 519 37 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Armed man took his infant son hostage during arrest in Kyiv. PHOTO When law enforcement officers tried to arrest a 41-year-old man, he barricaded himself in his Kyiv apartment, took his infant son hostage and threatened to use firearms and explosives in case if police tried to enter. 44 264 125 Incidents

Loan of $21,000 prompted Kharkiv region resident to take hostages - Herashchenko Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Deputy Anton Herashchenko explained what prompted the man, who fired at officers of the court and then took hostages in the Kharkiv region, to act this way. 79 906 786 Incidents

стрельба пистолет shooting gun Attacker who took hostages has been killed - Kharkiv Governor The offender, who shot two people dead and took three gas station employees hostage at a petrol-filling station near the village of Korotych in the Kharkiv region, has been killed. 147 886 920 Incidents

стрельба донецк боевики Kharkiv shooter has moved to another gas station and demands safe passage to the "DPR" – Interior Ministry The shooter who killed two people and seized hostages in Liubotyn city in the Kharkiv region refused to surrender and moved to another gas station together with the hostages. 65 061 343 Incidents

стрельба пистолет shooting pistol A man shot two people dead and took two hostages in Kharkiv region - Interior Ministry A resident of Liubotyn city in the Kharkiv region killed two people from a carbine and seized two hostages in the Kharkiv region. One more person was wounded. 60 138 164 Incidents

сергей щеглов Ukrainian soldier Shchehlov told about terrorists' captivity: "Beating and month without food". VIDEO On May 23, Aidar soldier Serhii Shchehlov was freed from terrorists' captivity. He told reporters how the militants tormented him and how he survived. 112 307 271 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Unidentified man took two pharmacy employees hostage in Odesa. He surrendered to the law enforcers after negotiations - Interior Ministry An unidentified individual took two workers of a pharmacy in Odesa hostage today, at about 2.30 p.m. and then agreed to exchange them for a police colonel. 19 679 73 Incidents

плен 300 Ukrainian soldiers held captive by terrorists, some were transferred to Russia - negotiators The total of 300 Ukrainians remain captive by the pro-Russian terrorists, some of them have been transferred to the Russian Federation. 25 071 180 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

плен "Negotiations on prisoner exchange came to deadlock" - Advisor to the Defense Minister Advisor to the Defense Minister Vasyl Budik says that negotiations on prisoner exchange are deadlocked. 37 383 71 World

плен обмен Five Ukrainian soldiers liberated from terrorist captivity. LIST Five more Ukrainian soldiers were liberated from the captivity of the pro-Russian militants on Saturday, March 7. 36 083 225 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

More than 400 Ukrainians held captive by terrorists - Poroshenko Poroshenko states that the terrorists hold more than 400 prisoners. The location of 190 of them is already known to the Ukrainian authorities. 9 104 101 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

заложник плен пленные hostage captivity prisoners Four more Ukrainian soldiers released from terrorists’ captivity. PHOTOS Four Ukrainian soldiers were released from the pro-Russian terrorists’ captivity today. 63 980 98 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Agreement to release all prisoners includes Ukrainian pilot Savchenko - Poroshenko "Normandy Four" agreed on the release of all captives within 19 days during talks in Minsk. 116 361 335 Ukrainian Politics

People bringing ransoms for relatives to terrorists are taken captive themselves - ATO speaker The ATO speaker Andrii Lysenko advised relatives of prisoners to appeal to the Security Service of Ukraine with information about ransom demand by the militants instead of agreeing to the terrorists’ requirements. 24 798 76 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

плен пленные Ukrainian soldiers travelling for rotation were captured by terrorists Ukrainian soldiers, who were coming in for rotation were captured at a terrorist checkpoint in Donetsk. 213 413 572 Ukrainian Politics

плен пленные Security Service confirmed agreement on exchange of prisoners: 150 Ukrainian soldiers will be exchanged for 225 militants SBU Head Adviser Markiian Lubkivskyi confirmed the agreement, earlier voiced by the militants on the exchange of prisoners between the Ukrainian security forces and the terrorists. 32 694 171 Incidents

заложник австралия Sydney Police raids cafe with hostages. Three dead including one gunman. VIDEO + PHOTO Gunman Man Haron Monis, who took 17 people hostage in Martin Place yesterday, reportedly opened fire after awaking to find several of the hostages trying to make a break for it after he nodded off. 65 436 164 Photo News

сидней People Taken Hostages in Heart of Sydney. PHOTOS+VIDEO Australian police locked down the center of the country's biggest city on Monday after an armed man walked into a busy downtown Sydney cafe, took hostages and forced them to display an Islamic flag, igniting fears of a jihadist attack. 104 653 305 Incidents

All Ukrainian POWs Must Be Liberated and Get Home by Christmas – Poroshenko During a meeting with the heads of the law enforcement agencies, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stressed the necessity to intensify the efforts to free the POWs held by insurgents on the territory of Russia. 9 020 131 Ukrainian Politics

плен пленные Terrorists Offer to Exchange Captives for Food - АТО Press Center Terrorists' groups suggest that the Ukrainian captured soldiers be exchanged for food. 88 375 371 Ukrainian Politics

Poroshenko: 17 Ukrainian Servicemen Freed From Terrorist Captivity 17 Ukrainian soldiers were freed from the captivity of the pro-Russian militants. 12 968 74 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

плен Terrorists Unilaterally Interrupted Prisoners Exchange Process - NSDC The terrorists operating in eastern Ukraine have unilaterally suspended the process of exchange of prisoners. 25 693 61 Incidents

плен 357 Ukrainian Soldiers Held Captured by Terrorists, Another 330 Missing -NSDC Official statistics does not include September data. 7 810 29 Ukrainian Politics

240 Army Soldiers and Several Hundred Batallion Volunteers Are Still in Captivity - Ministry of Defence Many people are still in captivity of terrorists. 5 144 28 Ukrainian Politics