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Ukraine and Russia conducted the biggest prisoner swap since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, 230 Ukrainians, both men and women, were released from Russian captivity, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has said on Wednesday.

Russia and Ukraine said Wednesday that they had exchanged hundreds of captive soldiers, the first such prisoner of war exchange in months. The two warring sides had carried out several rounds of exchanges during Moscows 22-month long invasion, but the process had stalled in the latter half of last year.

Of captivity, i couldnt... i had no thought process and like being able to cry even when i wanted to cry. this is difficult stuff to talk about. its also very important stuff to talk about because the context of this is that there have been a whole series of allegations of abuses by russian forces. your story is just one of many different forms of abuse, but you say that yours has a unique quality because of the nature of the evidence you can present. by that you mean a video that was taken afte...

..and was beaten to death. yeah. and i try to tell people, like, for me, im not a very... like, especially previously before the invasion, after everything ive already witnessed... like in total in syria, i probably lost around, like, 30 friends that i personally knew and a lot more closer friends. so after that i became a lot more numb to that sort of, like, emotion. and even after, like, mariupol and everything else and even captivity, i can happily talk about, like, how i was beaten and every...

Yeah. and within 48 hours of being taken into captivity, you were subjected to really very serious physical abuse. definitely. and i think i wouldnt say so much the worst part in the way i look at it, like, i knew what was going to happen, like to a degree, just before i surrendered, because i had that opportunity to use the starlink system, which is the internet satellite that we had. i knew the best thing that i could do is take a... a pre surrender video just to tell people whats going to hap...

Unfortunately for the decision—makers in the... in the interrogation chambers inside russia, they decided to do what they did and then put me on film, like, 42 hours later, whichjust showed to the whole world of, like, how russian captivity actually is. so for me, like, as much as i suffered throughout that and because of... i suffered more because i made that video. in the long run, now that im free, im able to present that as evidence to...to the courts when its applicable. you, in the end, ...

Taken into captivity, you were subjected to really very serious physical abuse. definitely. and i think i wouldnt say so much the worst part i wouldnt say so much the worst part in the way i look at it, i knew what was going to happen, like to a degree, just before i surrendered, because i had that opportunity to use the starlink system, which is the internet satellite that we had. i knew the best thing that i could do is take a... ..a pre—surrender video just to tell people whats going to hap...

And i try to tell people, for me, im not a very... especially previously before the invasion, after everything ive already witnessed... like, in total in syria, i probably lost around 30 friends that i personally knew and a lot more closer friends. so, after that, i became a lot more numb to that sort of emotion. and even after mariupol and everything else and even captivity, i can happily talk about how i was beaten and everything. but for me, the most traumatic is being in the... when i...when...

It was at that moment where everything just caved in, cos i expected to be beaten., i just didnt expect to be stabbed. and then, over time, like throughout the rest of captivity, i couldnt... i had no thought process and, like, being able to cry even when i wanted to cry. this is difficult stuff to talk about. its also very important stuff to talk about because the context of this is that there have been a whole series of allegations of abuses by russian forces. your story is just one of many di...

Decision—makers in the... in the interrogation chambers inside russia, they decided to do what they did and then put me on film, 42 hours later, whichjust showed to the whole world of how russian captivity actually is. so, for me, as much as i suffered throughout that and because of... i suffered more because i made that video. in the long run, now that im free, im able to present that as evidence to the courts when its applicable. you, in the end, were held for, what, between four and five mo...