The Security Service of Ukraine says 223 persons are being held illegally by Russia-led forces in the occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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UNIAN: Security service reports 223 Ukrainians illegally held in Donbas
People walk across a destroyed bridge between the Ukraine-controlled territory and territory held by Russia-backed separatists at a checkpoint near the village of Stanytsia Luhanska, in Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine on Aug. 1, 2019.