Father and daughter are finally together!
#Azovstal Defender spent 2 years and 10 months in #Russian captivity.
He says it was hard for him to believe he was really coming home until he saw the #Ukrainian flag.
His daughter kept going to demonstrations for her dad's return.
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Released from #Russian captivity, #Ukrainian Defender "#Malik" was able to call his friend, #Azovstal Defender #Dmytro_Kozatskyi "#Orest"
They had been in captivity together for some time and supported each other. On September 21, #Dmytro_Kozatskyi returned from #Russian captivity.
"#Malik" managed to survive the terrorist attack in the #Olenivka colony on July 29, 2022, and is now at home.
Bucha, Irpin, Izium, Mariupol, Kramatorsk, Olenivka, mass graves, torture chambers, kidnapped children, forced deportations, rape, forced russification, Nova Kakhovka, POW executions, Okhmatdyt hospital, nuclear terrorism, energy terror
For this and everything else — we must hold #russia accountable.
Ukraine Daily summary - Thursday, January 16 2025
Ukraine’s military now totals 880,000 soldiers, facing 600,000 Russian troop -- Oil depot on fire in Russia's Voronezh region -- Why Ukraine’s long-delayed missile production ambitions have yet to get off the ground -- [video] Ukrainian soldiers on capturing North Korean POW -- and moreChristmas in captivity: Painful reality of Ukrainian prisoners of war and their loved ones https://www.byteseu.com/590822/ #Azovstal #PrisonerOfWar #Russia'sInvasionOfUkraine #Ukraine #WarInUkraine
Ukraine Daily summary - Thursday, December 12 2024
Russia continues to suffer record losses in December -- Tough battles, lost positions in Pokrovsk demand 'non-standard decisions,' Syrskyi says -- Russian colonialism is not reformable,' says historian Botakoz Kassymbekova -- Russia killed at least 109 Ukrainian POWs in 2024 -- and moreThe streets of "reviving" #Mariupol, including #Azovstal.
Contrary to the statements of #Russian officials about colossal restoration of the city, the streets are still littered with damaged and shot-up buildings with windows boarded up with plywood.
#Azovstal can not be restored; instead of the technopark declared on the site of the plant, contractors connected with the authorities steal metal, #Russian Telegram channels report.
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With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he again began to fight the invaders - he defended the #Kyiv region and then flew by helicopter to the enemy-encircled #Mariupol
"There was intense fighting in the city. #Mariupol's defenders were mostly under artillery and aviation fire. We were trying to fight for every piece of the city [...] We were winning time for #Ukraine. And we actually prevented the enemy infantry from entering #Azovstal," the scout recalled.
"I flew to #Mariupol because my brothers-in-arms were there" - the story of a #Ukrainian scout who was released from #Russian captivity.
#Volodymyr_Nesmachnyi, a soldier of the International Legion of the Defence Intelligence of #Ukraine who defended #Mariupol and #Azovstal, talked about his combat experience and #Russian captivity in an interview with #Shpalta media outlet.
#Nesmachnyi went to war with the #Russian occupiers in 2014 and fought in #Donbas for two years.
Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, October 26 2024
Satellite images show expansion at Soviet-era bio-weapons lab (biological weapons research) in Russia -- Elon Musk has been in contact with Putin, Russian officials since 2022, WSJ reports -- How Russia attempted to steal Moldovan election, referendum, and what comes next -- Russian drone hits apartment building in Kyiv, killing several -- and more#Usyk asked him to address a request to the #US presidential candidate for assistance in releasing the defenders of #Mariupol and other #Ukrainian soldiers from #Russian captivity .
"Dear #Joe_Rogan, could you ask #Donald_Trump when he appears on your podcast: If Mr. President is so confident in his influence with #Putin. Could he help free the defenders of #Azovstal and all #Ukrainians from #Russian captivity right now? Time is of the essence. Sincerely, #Oleksandr," #Usyk wrote.
Actually a brilliant move!
But I doubt that the guy who doesn't even make it to his own rally without at least a 3-hour delay will react at all.
The lover of former #Russian prisoner and #Mariupol investigator #Maryana_Chechelyuk, #Vladislav_Andrianov, has returned from captivity
In 2022, they were together at #Azovstal in #Mariupol. #Maryana_Chechelyuk returned from #Russian captivity in May of this year. All this time, the girl was waiting for her beloved to return.
"Home," she wrote laconically about his return.
"Many of those who were held captive since the first days of the full-scale war were returned": Ombudsman reports details of the #58th prisoner exchange
These are the Defenders of #Mariupol and #Azovstal, #Donbas, #Luhansk, #Kharkiv, #Kiev, #Chernihiv, and #Kherson, #Dmitry_Lubinets specified.
Most #Ukrainians return with injuries and illnesses. And all need physical and psychological rehabilitation.
In total, 3,767 #Ukrainians have returned home since the start of the full-scale invasion.
️Updated: #Azov soldiers, human rights activist #Butkevych among those returned in 190-person prisoner swap.
President #Volodymyr_Zelensky confirmed that an unspecified number of #Azov Regiment soldiers - who defended #Mariupol and #Azovstal at the start of #Russia's full-scale invasion - were among those who were returned on Oct. 18.
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