Service members embraced their relatives as they returned home to Ukraine on June 26 in the latest prisoner exchange with Russia. Many of the 160 freed Ukrainians had been held captive since 2022, including soldiers who defended the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol during a lengthy siege.

Ukraine has brought 160 Ukrainian citizens back from Russian captivity in the latest prisoner exchange.

Ukraine has secured the return of 160 prisoners of war from Russian captivity, all of whom had been held since 2022