Eleven Ukrainian captives released on Tuesday - Poroshenko

17:18, 28.10.2014 1 min read

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has announced the release of eleven captives on Tuesday.

"I have just been told the good news about the release of seven members of the 80th aeromobile brigade, three volunteers and a human rights activist," Poroshenko wrote on his Twitter page on Tuesday.

For their part, Petro Poroshenko Bloc said on its Web site that eleven Ukrainian captives were swapped for eight captured separatists near the town of Schastia in Luhansk region