Ukrainian citizen Anhar Kochneva, who was held hostage by Syrian rebels, is planning to visit Russia, where her child lives, and then return to Damascus.

In an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda v Ukraine newspaper, which was published on March 12 this year, she disclosed the details of how she was abducted, held hostage, and escaped.

She said that near the city of Homs armed men stopped a taxi in which she was traveling, to allegedly check documents.

"They pointed guns at us. The driver and another passenger were stuffed into the trunk, and I, thank God, was not. And they brought us somewhere, and there were some bandits," the Ukrainian said.

When asked to comment on the video in which Kochneva says that she works for Russian security services, she said: "I was forced to say that I arrived in Syria on the instructions of the Russian intelligence service and that I'm a chief interpreter of the Defense Ministry here. They made threats."

The Ukrainian also said that she was held hostage in Homs near the Lebanese border.

"Houses, villas. The first 40 days were fine, and then, as they say, 'the guards got tired.' I was guarded by a person with four years of education, including two years actually spent in a kindergarten. If he was unwell, he threw iron basins at me and constantly insulted me," Kochneva said.

According to the Ukrainian, two-and-a-half days after Kochneva was abducted she was taken by the chief of the opposition general staff, who supposedly was planning to save her.

"He told me that he protected me, that checkpoints were everywhere, that he wanted to save me. And, in fact, he lied to me. He lied to me on February 19 that he wanted to let me go, but I heard what he said to another man, that they could get a few million [dollars] for me and buy weapons," Kochneva said.

She added that she lived in a room with broken glass, so now she has problems with her kidneys and respiratory system.

Speaking about how she escaped, Kochneva said that she was preparing for this for several days.

"I was preparing for a few days. I thought for a few days that someone could help me. But the man who was supposed to help me apparently didn't find my house, we didn't meet, and I did everything on my own. That is, I just left the house and walked past their checkpoint that was three meters from my front door," she said.

She added that she walked about 15 kilometers in one hour and forty minutes and went to the village whose residents helped her escape.

Speaking about her future plans, Kochneva said that she plans to visit Moscow and then return to Syria.

"Then I will probably come to Moscow. I should consult with doctors, and I have a child there. And then I will return to Damascus," she said.

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