Armed people seize a number of policemen in Luhansk - NSDC

KYIV. July 7 (Interfax) - Armed people captured the regional police operative service chief, his deputy and another three officers in the Luhansk region, the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) said.

"We have just received that information," NSDC information center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a press briefing on Monday.

He did not disclose incident details or measures taken to release the hostages.