Security Service: 154 Ukrainian prisoners freed in two days

10:50, 29.12.2014 1 min read

Four more Ukrainian prisoners were released on Saturday, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said.

Three of the former prisoners are civilians and the fourth one a member of the 34th Territorial Defense Battalion, according to an SBU statement.

"Hence 154 persons have been released from captivity over the last two days," the statement said on Saturday. "The SBU is continuing to work for the release of prisoners."

Earlier, Defense Ministry spokesman Vasyl Budyk had said three soldiers of Ukraine's 80th Airmobile Brigade and one Ukrainian civilian had been freed on Saturday unilaterally by their captors rather than as part of a prisoner exchange. The SBU published their names.

On Friday, 146 Ukrainian servicemen were released in return for 222 militiamen.