The two Crimean newspaper journalists were set free on Tuesday night after being detained in eastern Ukraine from the Ukrainian right-wing organization Pravii Sektor (right sections).

The editor of the newspaper Krimski Telegraph Maria Volkonskagia said that: “They told me that they were in Zaporizhzhya buying tickets to return to Crimea”.

On Tuesday morning the Right Division whose members are involved in battles against the pro-Russian separatists announced that they arrested Yevgeny Koroleva and Maxim Vasilenko while they were making a reportage a stronghold of the rebels.

“They just said that they are ok without giving any more details” added the editor.

Maxim Vasilenko, a photojournalist who works regularly with the AFP and the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, and the journalist Yevgeny Koroleva were missing since Sunday night.

According to the editor, the two partners were on their way returning to Crimea after having reported on the infamous “parade” of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Donetsk on Sunday.