Today Russia-sponsored armed separatists in eastern #Donbas area of #Ukraine finally released 2 ex soldiers of my 40 Battalion Mykola Gerasymenko & Alex Lazarenko, captured as hostages almost 3 years ago on Feb 9, 2015 on M-03 road btw #Debaltseve & Artemivsk.

~Viktor Kovalenko
‏ @MrKovalenko