"215 good news." Defenders of Ukraine returned from Russian captivity - photo reporting

Ukraine returned 215 people from the captivity of Russian invaders on September 21, including 124 officers. In exchange for prisoners of defenders, Ukraine gave the aggressor of the suspect in the state community the People's Deputy, the godfather of Putin Viktor Medvedchuk. Five legendary Azovstal commanders were exchanged for 55 Russian prisoners of war.

Presidential Head Andriy Yermak and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named the names of some of the released defenders in the evening: Video of the Day Zelensky said that among the released captives of 108 Azov fighters, 188 heroes of Azovstal and Mariupol, eight defenders, wounded during the terrorist attack of Russia. The president in the night address stressed that Ukraine has 215 good news per day. Ten foreign defenders of Ukraine were also released, now they are in Saudi Arabia.

HB publishes some photos of liberated defenders of Ukraine. Turkish President Recep TaiP Erdogan said on September 19, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to exchange 200 prisoners. On September 22, Andriy Yermak said that a large exchange was held in several stages and in various locations. On June 6, Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that there are more than 2. 5 thousand defenders of Mariupol from the Azovstal plant in the Russian captivity.