KIEV, March 27 – The Kiev regional police have freed the chief of the electricity supply department of Ukrzaliznytsia, Valeriy Liudmyrsky, who was held hostage for eight months by kidnappers who demanded a EUR 10 million ransom, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced.

"As a result of months of complex and painstaking searches, the Kiev regional police have conducted a brilliant operation and freed Valeriy Liudmyrsky, who was kidnapped on July 18, 2016. Two abductors were detained, the secret bunker where the hostage was held, was established, arms and explosives were confiscated," Avakov wrote on his Facebook page on Monday.