Ukraine brings 103 soldiers home in latest prisoner exchange with Russia According to Tolkachova, “approximately 680 people” are still in Russian captivity. These are soldiers that Azov was based on and that Russian forces specifically targeted.

During yesterday’s exchange, 15 Azov residents who spent more than 2 years in captivity returned to Ukraine. Currently, more than 900 Azov fighters remain in

Tetyana Bugay burst into tears as she called her sister to announce she had finally returned to Ukraine after spending over two and a half years in Russian captivity.

It’s a miracle! Today, 23 Azov soldiers are returning to their homeland after more than two years of captivity!” she wrote on Telegram. A total of 103 Ukrainians were released in the exchange. Earlier on Sept.

"The vast majority of those released are people who had been held (in captivity) since the first days of the war,” said Ukraine's Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets in a statement.

Exchange of military personnel took place as Ukraine called again on west to allow use of long-range weapons

Ukraine brought back 103 soldiers from Russian captivity on 14. Source: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Telegram; Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War Details: The president said that the group includes 82 privates and sergeants,

Ukraine conducted a new prisoner exchange. 103 soldiers have returned, according to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets, the Azov Patronage Service, and the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

Among those rescued were servicemen from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, border guards, and police officers—defenders of Kyiv, Donetsk, Mariupol, Azovstal, as well as Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia,