KIEV, May 26 – The Ukrainian headquarters of the trade blockade with the areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions outside of Kiev's control has announced plans to begin a new stage of activity in two weeks.

"We believe that the enterprises which are controlled by Russian citizens are the points, the pressure on which may make [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and [Ukrainian President Petro] Poroshenko to take a decision to return our captives. The owners of enterprises in Ukraine - are posing a danger to our country's security.... In two weeks, we will begin our action to apply pressure to the sore spots of Russian business," Anatoliy Vynohrodsky, second commander of the Donbas separate special forces battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard, told a press conference in Kiev on Friday.