(AFP) – Maryana Checheliuk, 24, returns to Ukraine after two years in captivity as a prisoner of war. Russia and Ukraine announced on 31 May that they had exchanged dozens of POWs in one of the only areas of dialogue between the warring countries.
Released Ukrainian POW speaks to mother for first time in two years
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