OSCE military observers released from hostages in Slovyansk arrive to Kyiv
The Prime
Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk has met at the airport the OSCE military inspectors
who were freed from hostages in Slovyansk.
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Among them
were four citizens of Germany, citizens of the Czech Republic, Poland and
Denmark. In addition five citizens of Ukraine were freed: Ihor
Turanskyi, Olexandr Matviyenko,
Valerii Udod, Olexiy Pliushchev and Andrii Kolodka. At the
airport they were met by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the
acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Deshchytsia, Deputy Defense Minister Ihor
Kabanenko, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine Christof
Wile, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Czech Republic to
Ukraine Ivan Pochukh, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine Merete Juhl,
Charges d’Affairs of Poland to Ukraine Dariusz Gorczynsky. Arseniy Yatsenyuk
expressed compassion to the families of those who died in the events in
Ukraine: “It must become the signal for everyone. Reconciliation and peace
are the only ways to save Ukraine and make it a prosperous European country”.
He informed
that he had talked to the Ukrainian military officers who had stayed hostages:
“They have withstood bravely with our western colleagues. Any attempts to “make
them talk” failed and all of them were holding united. If we are united, we
are strong”. “Our
courageous military men have withstood and survived,” the Head of Government
added. Arseniy Yatsenyuk
emphasized combatants of the Alfa special subdivision still remained
hostages. He informed at a recent meeting with representatives of the
Security Service of Ukraine he had addressed the SSU leaders with a request “to
immediately return them to Kyiv alive and unharmed”. The Head
of Government thanked everyone who had participated in the operation of
releasing the OSCE military observers. |