Three Ukrainian soldiers have been released from the captivity in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the press service of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported.

"Three soldiers of Ukrainian Armed Forces have just ben released from captivity in the so-called DPR," reads the statement posted on SBU website on Thursday night.

Particularly, those were soldiers from the 80th and 81st brigades of Ukrainian army and a soldier from the 25th battalion ''Kivan Rus."

Later Advisor to SBU Chief Yuriy Tandit announced the names of released servicemen: Oleksandr Mashonkin, Yuriy Tserelenko and Stanislav Paplynsky.

As reported, Press Secretary of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Sviatoslav Tseholko also reported of the release of Ukrainian soldiers via his twitter account.