#POWs
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-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
-6a4173e28aaadeadd3df733ce001b2bd.jpg "“We’re Their Voice”: How Five Women Sparked a Global Movement to Free Ukraine’s Soldiers From Russian Captivity")
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![POW exchange]( "Ukraine Completes New Prisoner Swap, Brings Home Civilians and Defenders Held Since 2022")
![“They Burned ‘Glory to Russia’ Into My Stomach”: Ukrainian Soldier’s First Interview After Torture in Russian Captivity]( "“They Burned ‘Glory to Russia’ Into My Stomach”: Ukrainian Soldier’s First Interview After Torture in Russian Captivity")
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Andrii, a paratrooper from Ukraine’s 79th Air Assault Brigade, spent over a year in Russian captivity. Tortured, starved, and left with scars both visible and invisible, he returned home thanks to a prisoner exchange in May 2025. Here’s his story.![From Shampoo Factory to Battlefield: Cameroonian POWs Say Russia Deceived Them Into War]( "From Shampoo Factory to Battlefield: Cameroonian POWs Say Russia Deceived Them Into War")
![Ukrainian Forces Crush Elite Russian Marines Unit, Capturing 10 of Them, Video]( "Ukrainian Forces Crush Elite Russian Marines Unit, Capturing 10 of Them, Video")
![Ukraine Returns Young and Wounded Soldiers From Russian Captivity in New POW Swap]( "Ukraine Returns Young and Wounded Soldiers From Russian Captivity in New POW Swap")
![Sixth Ukraine-Russia POW Swap Secures Return of Critically Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers]( "Sixth Ukraine-Russia POW Swap Secures Return of Critically Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers")
-5eea2cf1126d975e702896f6b4c7b36f.png "“They Burned ‘Glory to Russia’ Into My Stomach”: Ukrainian Soldier’s First Interview After Torture in Russian Captivity")
-e138e40dd885ae20f1b1c62893a96656.png "From Shampoo Factory to Battlefield: Cameroonian POWs Say Russia Deceived Them Into War")
