Ukraine bring home four marines, two civilian women from captivity -  Yermak

The head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak, announced this on social networks.

Two officers - Oleksiy Bulakhov and Mykola Kostenko, and two soldiers - Lyudmila Gerasimenko and Ivan Zemlany were released. Two civilian women - Victoria Andrusha and Yana Maiboroda - were also released.

Yermak noted that the military took part in the battles for Mariupol, and the civilians were captured by the occupiers after finding photos of Russian equipment in their phones.

"Each of them has their own story. For example, Andrusha Victoria was taken from her home by Russian soldiers on March 27, because in her phone they found data about enemy equipment, which she transmitted to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Later, she was taken to the Russian Federation and held in the Kursk pre-trial detention center. Maiboroda Yana ended up captured because her phone contained photos of Russian equipment on the territory of the Chernobyl zone. The military took part in the battles for Mariupol," Yermak said.