A platform to facilitate the release of Ukrainians imprisoned in Russia with the participation of Ukrainian former political prisoner in Russia Hennadiy Afanasiev will be launched by Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin has said.

"During the last two years and a half we have faced fundamentally new tasks, such as the release of our political prisoners and hostages. Today I would like to thank all those who have helped our political prisoners, contributed to their release," Klimkin said while opening the 11th meeting of the heads of Ukraine's embassies in Kyiv on Monday.

Klimkin particularly thanked the diplomats working in the Ukrainian diplomatic missions in Russia.

"I can say, that the next week a special platform will start operating at the Foreign Ministry, where we will interact with non-governmental organizations," he said.

The minister added that Afanasiev would work as a special representative of the Foreign Ministry in the framework of this platform.