Main points
- On March 6, 300 soldiers returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity
- A man who was returned from captivity showed a stack of letters from his wife that helped him stay in captivity.
A man who was returned from captivity kept all the letters his wife sent / Collage by Channel 24 (screenshot from video)
On Friday, March 6, a prisoner exchange took place. One of the defenders, who was successfully returned from Russian captivity, shared his emotions.
He said that he was only able to hold on thanks to his wives. The Foreign Intelligence Service released a video.
What helped keep the soldier in captivity?
The man still didn't believe that he had managed to return from his hellish captivity. He noted that his wife supported him as best she could and wrote him letters, for which he was very grateful.
The soldier shared his first feelings after returning to his homeland. He is looking forward to talking with his beloved.
He noted that she wrote that she was giving up, but then she got up and continued to support her husband.
The first emotions of a person released from captivity: watch the video
Recall that during this exchange, servicemen of various ranks were released: privates, sergeants, and officers. They performed combat missions in various parts of the front – in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions, as well as in Mariupol.
Most of them had been in Russian captivity for over a year, and some had been there as early as 2022.
A poignant story about a prisoner exchange
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Kristina waited almost two years for her husband, Oleksandr, to return from Russian captivity. Before the full-scale invasion, the couple lived in the Berdyansk district of Zaporizhzhia region, and after leaving the occupation, her husband immediately went to defend Ukraine and was later captured, where he spent about 23 months. On March 5, he finally returned home.
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The first words he said to his wife were: “I love you.” Kristina admitted that she was now overwhelmed with emotions and very happy that her husband had returned, and also wished all Ukrainians to wait for their relatives from captivity and never lose hope.
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Immediately after his release, Oleksandr called his children. During the conversation, his daughter could not hold back her tears. The children admitted that they missed their father very much. The man reassured them and said that he would be home soon and that he loved them very much.