Mediators who will negotiatite for the release of OSCE hostages reached Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, according to the separatist leader of the city Vyacheslav Ponomariov.

The latter told reporters that he is on his way to the site where the negotiations will take place.

Earlier, in an appearance of the OSCE observers in the media organized by pro-Russians, one of them, German Colonel Axel Schneider said that all foreign officials are in good health.

“None of them is sick. There is no indication of when we will return to our homeland”, he said, adding that Ponomariov has guaranteed their safety.

It should be noted that pro-Russian separatists announced the capture of another three Ukrainian officers, today.