Ukrainian Telegram channels publish pictures of the Ukrainian POWs exchanged for Russian POWs. Kateryna Polishchuk, the legendary paramedic from Azovstal.
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Mykhailo Dianov is another Azovstal hero freed in POWs exchange.
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The head of Mariupol police Mykhailo Vershynin (the right picture shows him after the release, pictures from Tryxa).
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The exchange apparently happened on the Russian-Ukrainian or Belarusian-Ukrainian border in Chernihiv region. The video is from Suspilne TV channel.
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Sviatoslav Yermolov, another policemen from Mariupol. Picture source: Telegram Мариуполь сейчас.
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More pictures of the freed Ukrainian soldiers. It’s different to find the original source, these photos appeared in many Telegram channels almost simultaneously.
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Pregnant Azovstal medic Mariana Mamonova is said among the released POWs, no recent picture of her available yet.
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Russian sources re-posted a quotation from a Donetsk “official” who said that the Ukrainian POWs were exchanged for the Russian POWs taken during the recent Kharkiv offensive, plus Russian pilots.
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The Azovstal defenders leadership returned to Ukraine, at least we can see Denys Prokopenko and Sviatoslav Palamar among others here. Serhiy Volyna (last photo) was released, too, according to some sources.
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Dmytro Kozatsky, the author of this photo, was released, too.
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More video of Ukrainian POWs back to Ukraine. Source: the Ukrainian defense ministry
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David Kasatkin (Khimik) is said among the released POWs.
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215 Ukrainian defenders (108 of them from Azov regiment) were exchanged, according to Andriy Yermak, the head of Zelensky office.
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The Azov leadership talked to President Zelensky. They are in Turkiye, not in Ukraine right now.
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Azov commanders will stay in Turkiye until the end of the war, according to President Zelensky.
Serhiy Palamar greets all the Ukrainian military on this video.
The end of the thread.
The list of the exchanged Ukrainian soldiers is under the link (in the Ukrainian language). 215 names, including 10 foreign nationals.
koordshtab.org/archive/260
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