Ukrainian woman Anhar Kochneva, who has been held captive by Syrian rebels, intends to leave Syria after her documents are restored and she settles all the matters related to what happened with the local authorities.

"She is going home, but she currently settles issues with the Syrian authorities. Besides, she needs to restore the documents," Kochneva's relative Dmitry Astafurov told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.

He added that the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry promised to assist with the paperwork.

The relative didn't say where exactly Kochneva was heading, since her mother is in Odesa, and her child is in Moscow. Therefore, it is unclear where Kochneva will go, he added.

According to Astafurov, the woman's health was satisfactory, though it has declined due to malnutrition, deprivation of sleep and poor conditions.

In addition, he said that Kochneva escaped her captives on her own without anybody's help.

As reported, Kochneva was abducted in Syria by rebels from the Free Syrian Army in October 2012. The journalist's abductors threatened to kill her if they were not paid a $50-million ransom. In January, the rebels told the journalist's relatives they had agreed to reduce the ransom to $300,000.

On January 31, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara told reporters he had sent a request regarding EU assistance in releasing the Ukrainians convicted in Libya and Kochneva to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. The EU reportedly promised to facilitate the journalist's release.

Kochneva's relatives, in turn, stated, referring to the Syrian abductors, that the ministry was not negotiating her release. The abductors agreed to discuss Ukraine's terms and conditions, but the Foreign Ministry was ignoring the negotiations, the relatives said.

On March 11, Kochneva's relative said that she had escaped from captivity on Monday and that she was in Damascus.