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There Can Still Be a Way Home: Ukraine Reports 270 Soldiers Returned, Including Five Believed Killed at Olenivka

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Ukraine has brought 270 soldiers home from Russian captivity in the third stage of a major prisoner exchange, according to Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets. Among them were five previously believed killed in the July 2022 Olenivka prison explosion—a return that shows even years of captivity need not rule out a homecoming.

These returns show that prisoner exchanges can bring people home during war, even when their survival had been in doubt.

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