DONETSK, Ukraine: Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko said Saturday that insurgents had released two US aid workers detained for alleged spying. “We have freed two Americans that we arrested earlier. One of the two is a CIA agent, the other was enlisted,” Zakharchenko told journalists, without giving any more details. The two men are believed to have been working for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) NGO in war-torn east Ukraine. IRC head David Miliband released a statement saying that two of the organization’s workers who had been detained by the rebels some 10 days ago were now in a safe location, the BBC reported. “Every day, the world’s humanitarian workers show great courage, taking risks help the most vulnerable in crisis situations. They should never be targeted,” Miliband said in the statement.
Over 30 IRC workers were reportedly detained after separatists raided their offices in Donetsk. (AFP)
Ukraine rebels free two US aid workers
