#russiancaptivity

“Service members of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service. 139 of them had been held captive since 2022.” ~ @mfa_ukraine 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @mfa_ukraine with @use.repost_ . . . 157 Ukrainians have just returned home from Russian captivity!

Service members of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service. 139 of them had been held captive since 2022.

The youngest freed Ukrainian defender is 23. He was captured at 19 while defending Mariupol and was illegally sentenced by a Russian court to life imprisonment. The oldest defender released today is 63.

Today’s exchange took place after a long pause, and we thank everyone working to make these exchanges possible. We must, and we will, bring everyone back.

“Ukraine secured the release of 205 service members from Russian captivity on May 15, marking the first phase of a large-scale “1,000-for-1,000” exchange.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Ukraine secured the release of 205 service members from Russian captivity on May 15, marking the first phase of a large-scale “1,000-for-1,000” exchange. The group includes soldiers from the Armed Forces, National Guard, and State Border Guard Service, many of whom were captured in 2022 during the defense of Mariupol, Azovstal, and the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

“We will continue to fight for every person who still remains in captivity,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said. He credited the success of the swap to the “exchange fund” replenished by Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines and the support of international partners.

Photo: Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War; President Volodymyr Zelensky / Telegram.

“Every Ukrainian, both military personnel and civilians, must be returned from Russian captivity. This is key to achieving just and lasting peace.” ~ @mfa_ukraine 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇦🇪

#Repost @mfa_ukraine with @use.repost_ . . . 🇺🇦 Home. Ukraine has returned 84 Ukrainians from Russian captivity – the majority in this group urgently need medical support and rehabilitation. Among them are Mariupol defenders and civilians held by Russia for many years, even since 2014 when it started its war against Ukraine.

We are grateful to the UAE 🇦🇪 for helping make this exchange possible, to all Ukrainian institutions involved, and to our warriors for their courage in replenishing Ukraine’s “exchange fund”.

Every Ukrainian, both military personnel and civilians, must be returned from Russian captivity. This is key to achieving just and lasting peace.

“They were scattered across Russian prisons, held in harsh conditions meant to crush their will. But they stood strong. And now they are free.” ~ @ukraine.ua 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇦🇪

#Repost @ukraine.ua with @use.repost_ . . . 🇺🇦 205 Ukrainian defenders have been returned from Russian captivity.

Among them are soldiers from almost every branch of our Armed Forces — from the defence of Mariupol to every stretch of the frontline. They were scattered across Russian prisons, held in harsh conditions meant to crush their will. But they stood strong. And now they are free.

Grateful to all those who have made this return possible, through the efforts of Ukraine and the vital mediation of the United Arab Emirates 🤝

Ukraine is not leaving its people behind. Every day, we fight to bring them back — one by one, step by step — until every Ukrainian is home.

“Ukraine continues its unwavering mission to bring home every defender held in Russian captivity. We are grateful to all partners, particularly the United Arab Emirates, for their assistance 🤝” ~ @mfa_ukraine 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇦🇪

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Ukraine brought back 150 Ukrainian service members from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Feb. 5, marking the latest prisoner exchange between Kyiv and Moscow.

The released Ukrainian captives included members of the Navy, the Air Force, the Airborne Troops, the National Guard, the State Border Guard, the Territorial Defense Forces, and a police officer, according to the president.

“They are all from different sectors of the front, but they have one thing in common: They fought for Ukraine,” Zelensky said on Telegram.

Some POWs had been held captive for more than two years, according to Zelensky.

Read today’s full report at the link in bio.

Photo: Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War

“We have successfully brought back another 103 warriors from Russian captivity to Ukraine.” ~ Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost zelenskyy_official with @use.repost . . . Our people are home.

We have successfully brought back another 103 warriors from Russian captivity to Ukraine.

82 privates and sergeants. 21 officers. Defenders of the Kyiv and Donetsk regions, Mariupol and Azovstal, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv regions. Warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine, border guards, and police officers.

I thank our exchange team for delivering such good news for Ukraine.

“We have to bring home all of our soldiers and civilians.” ~ Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost . . . Ukraine brought back 49 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians from Russian captivity on Sept. 13, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

These include personnel of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, the National Police, and border guards.

A total of 23 women were brought back, including civilians detained and illegally imprisoned by Russia before the full-scale invasion, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported.

Leniye Umerova, a Crimean Tatar, is among the released. She was detained by Russia at the Georgian-Russian border in 2022 when she traveled to occupied Crimea to look after her cancer-stricken father.

Military medic and Hero of Ukraine Viktor Ivchuk was also among those released. Ivchuk, a colonel of the Armed Forces and head of a military hospital in Mariupol, has been held captive by Russia since April 2022.

“We have to bring home all of our soldiers and civilians,” Zelensky said.

The released captives include 15 soldiers of the Azov Brigade who defended the city of Mariupol in 2022.

Read today’s full report at the link in bio.

Photo: Volodymyr Zelensky/Telegram

Thankfully, another 207 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released from Russian captivity and are now back home in Ukraine. 🇺🇦🙏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost . . . President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 207 Ukrainian prisoners returned home from Russian captivity on Jan. 31.

It was one of the largest groups of Ukrainian prisoners to be brought back home since the beginning of the full-scale war.

Earlier in January, 230 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) were brought back home in the largest prisoner exchange to date since February 2022.

“We remember everyone in captivity,” Zelensky said.

“Soldiers and civilians. We have to return everyone.”

Photo: Volodymyr Zelensky / Telegram