#POWs
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-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-db6574f904fb05032d5b0354ad14c5b4.png "Russian soldier Danylo Sychov, captured by Ukrainian forces. (Source: Novynarnia)")
![Banners and protesters asking for the liberation of the AZOV brigade members in Kyiv in Ukraine on October 19, 2025. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Sentences Azov and Aidar Battalion Fighters to Almost 20 Years in Prison for Terrorism")
![A map, which are showing the exact location of the execution of a Ukrainian surrendering soldier by the Russian Armed Forces. (Source: DeepState)]( "A map, which are showing the exact location of the execution of a Ukrainian surrendering soldier by the Russian Armed Forces. (Source: DeepState)")
![The bodies of Ukrainian servicemen who fought in the Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, as well as Russia’s border region of Kursk, are returned to Ukraine, June 11, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The bodies of Ukrainian servicemen who fought in the Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, as well as Russia’s border region of Kursk, are returned to Ukraine, June 11, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian soldiers executed a Ukrainian POW in the Donetsk region. (Source: Office of the Prosecutor General)]( "Ukraine Launches War Crimes Investigation Into Execution of POW by Russian Soldiers")
![Drone footage shows the bodies of five Ukrainian soldiers lying face down in a wooded area near Donetsk, linked to their execution by Russian forces on November 19, 2025. (Source: Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine)]( "Drone footage shows the bodies of five Ukrainian soldiers lying face down in a wooded area near Donetsk, linked to their execution by Russian forces on November 19, 2025. (Source: Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine)")
![“I Cry Once or Twice a Day”: Ukrainian Wife’s Agonizing Wait for Husband’s Return From Russian Captivity]( "“I Cry Once or Twice a Day”: Ukrainian Wife’s Agonizing Wait for Husband’s Return From Russian Captivity")
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![Photo of Amira Barkhush]( "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
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- War in Ukraine
Olha Kurtmallaieva has been waiting for her husband to return from Russian captivity for over three and a half years. How does she navigate her life, and what gives her the strength to continue fighting?
-5962c4f999848129c73ee35134fc48ab.jpg "Ukraine Launches War Crimes Investigation Into Execution of POW by Russian Soldiers")
-f88628fa403b11af0b72ec7b062ce954.jpeg "Photo of Amira Barkhush")