The Ukrainian National Guard has reported three of its personnel have been released from captivity.

"Three Ukrainian National Guard members, who had been held by DPR militants for six months, were released on February 1," the press service for the National Guard reported on Monday.

According to earlier reports, five Ukrainian troops (two members of the 51st mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three volunteers from the battalion Donbas) were released from captivity on January 31.