The captives detained by illegal armed formations to be liberated in the east of Ukraine in next few days, said German Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday.

"The OSCE Council is running in Vienna, for the first time under residency of one of the key states of the 'Normandy format' – Germany. German Foreign Minister and Chairperson-in-Office Mr. Steinmeier yesterday was optimistic regarding Russian statements in Minsk about ceasefire and the statements of the militants on the release of the hostages that is to be held the other day," wrote Ukraine's envoy for humanitarian issues in Trilateral Contact Group MP Iryna Heraschenko on Facebook on Friday.

She said that Ukrainian party already handed the lists with the names of captives on January 6, backed them up during the last meeting in Minsk and until now is waiting for the response.

Besides, the Ukrainian parliamentarian stressed that after Russia declared ceasefire, "shell attacks in Donbas even increased", and the OSCE monitors stated about numerous registered facts of hampering to their activities.

"Russia is completely responsible for the actions of the militants. This is clearly understood both in Germany, OSCE and in the whole world. And their failure to implement the given in public promises will be in complete responsibility of Kremlin itself, which now is represented in Minsk by one of the leaders of Yedinaya Rossiya [United Russia] party, acting member of Russian Security Council and their puppets of certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions," she said.

As reported, in the morning of January 6, LPR leader Igor Plotnitsky said he intends to release all captured Ukrainian military, who are on the territory of the LPR as a good will gesture.