The Ukrainian side, within the framework of work of the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk, has confirmed its position on the demand to release 87 Ukrainians and is ready for the exchange of 309 people being asked by the ORDLO (certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions), First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk Iryna Gerashchenko has stated.

"Minsk. The humanitarian subgroup in which the Ukrainian side was also represented by Viktor Medvedchuk, SBU experts and Valeria Lutkovska. In the presence of the OSCE, they confirmed the proposal on the immediate release of hostages, while we demand the release of 87 Ukrainians whose location we have established. Ukraine within compromise is ready to release 309 people, just to get ours out," she wrote on Facebook.

Gerashchenko pointed to the importance of the fact that the ORDLO no longer deny that they are holding 87 Ukrainians from the list of 144 people.

"We clearly adhere to the position that all those who have nothing to do with the war in Donbas should be excluded from the list of the ORDLO requirements. We are waiting for a response to our official compromise proposals that are completely based on the Minsk agreements. The stumbling point is the requirement to release criminals and terrorists who do not fall under the Minsk agreements, that's why this is unacceptable," the official said.