A Ukrainian military serviceman of the 80th airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Taras Kolodiy, who defended Donetsk Airport (defenders of Donetsk airport were nicknamed as "cyborgs") and held captive by militants nearly two years ago, was released on Sunday, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said.

"The SBU [Security Service of Ukraine] chief has just reported the release of our Cyborg Taras Kolodiy. After nearly two years of captivity he is free. I thank everyone who facilitated this!" Poroshenko wrote on his Facebook page.

According to Ukrainian media, the citizen of Lviv, Kolodiy, was called to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the framework of the partial mobilization of the fall of 2014. He served in the 80th Paratroops Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and participated in the defense of the international Donetsk airport named after Prokofyev. By mid-January 2015, as a result of fighting with heavy artillery, the infrastructure of the airport was completely destroyed, including both terminals and control tower which were destroyed to the ground.

Kolodiy, together with two dozen of his fellows, was captured by militants of the so called DPR (self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic) in the Donetsk airport on January 21, 2015. He was the last among "cyborgs" - Ukrainian military, defending Donetsk Airport, held captive by militants.