Many of the freed servicemembers had spent more than three years in Russian captivity, with a significant number taken prisoner during the 2022 defense of Mariupol. Hundreds of families of POWs and missing Ukrainian servicemen gathered near the hospital hoping to find their loved ones or information about them among others. (AP video by Vasilisa Stepanenko)
Ukrainian POWs return home after the latest exchange, as families wait for news of loved ones
Many of the freed servicemembers had spent more than three years in Russian captivity, with a significant number taken prisoner during the 2022 defense of Mariupol. Hundreds of families of POWs and missing Ukrainian servicemen gathered near the hospital hoping to find their loved ones or information about them among others. (AP video by Vasilisa Stepanenko)