(14 Aug 2025)
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Undisclosed location, Ukraine – 14 August 2025
1. Mid of people waiting for returned Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs)
2. Wide of people waving at bus arriving with POWs
3. Various of Ukrainian servicemen returned from captivity meeting their relatives and hugging them
4. Close of Anna (from behind) hugging her husband with son Kyrylo
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Anna (no surname provided), wife of Ukrainian serviceman who spent 1207 days in captivity:
“I saw a beautiful smile, and I don’t know, it’s all a blur to be honest. We saw him and all I could do was grab him like that, kiss him quickly, and he said, ‘Where is my son?’ I said ‘here is your son,’ and he managed to hug his wife, son, mother, and his brother.”
6. Various of returned Ukrainian serviceman seen in window of building, talking to relatives of missing servicemen below
7. Various of relatives of missing servicemen holding posters with their loved ones, shouting their names in hope the serviceman may recognize them
8. Various of returned Ukrainian servicemen boarding bus to go to rehabilitation facility
9. Various of Kyrylo calling his father near bus and hugging him
10. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Kyrylo, son of Ukrainian serviceman, who spent in captivity 1207 days and was returned:
“(My father said) that I will see him in 10 days."
11.Mid of Kyrylo saying goodbye to his father
12. Various of Kyrylo waving and smiling at bus
13. Mid of bus with returned Ukrainian servicemen leaving
STORYLINE:
Ukraine secured the release of 84 people from Russian captivity on Thursday, including both soldiers and civilians, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
“Bringing Ukrainians home, back to Ukraine. A new exchange — 84 people. These are both military and civilians. Almost all of them need medical care and significant rehabilitation,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.
Among the freed civilians are people held by Russia since 2014, 2016 and 2017, he said.
Anna, whose husband was one of the 84 released Ukrainian servicemen, waited eagerly with their son Kyrylo. He spent 1207 days in captivity.
“I saw a beautiful smile, and I don’t know, it’s all a blur to be honest," she said of their reunion. "We saw him and all I could do was grab him like that, kiss him quickly.”
Eighty-four Russian servicemen were transferred in exchange, as announced by the Russian Defence Ministry.
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