Ukraine is working to secure the release of 120 people being held captive by the militia in Donbas, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.
"After months of negotiations, we still cannot get over 120 Ukrainians from captivity in Donbas," Poroshenko told a forum, titled 'Ukraine's Battle for Freedom Continues,' at the U.S. Congress building.
According to the Ukrainian president, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been denied access to the people being held illegally in Donbas. ICRC officials have also been denied access to the search for around 800 people who went missing, Poroshenko said.
Poroshenko also mentioned 11 Ukrainian citizens being held in detention in Russia. The state of health of some of them is critical, he added.
