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Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh are back in Alabama with their families after spending more than 100 days in the captivity of Russian-backed forces in Ukraine.

Speaking to the sun on sunday, aiden aslin, whos now back in the uk, described how he was stabbed by a russian officer. he was one of five britons freed as part of a prisoner exchange between russia and ukraine. simon jones has more. we are now out of the danger zone... the fight that took aiden aslin to his freedom after months in captivity, where he said he was treated worse than a dog. in my cell, it was a two—man cell, but there it was for four people, because we had to sleep on the same b...

Border to leave russia as president zelensky accuses vladimir putin of sending russian conscripts to their death in ukraine by forcing them to fight in the war. a british man freed after being held by russian—backed forces in ukraine describes how he was stabbed by a russian officer and thought he was going to die in captivity. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking — a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of, someone who shapes our p...

You. he added the two americans along with the 8 other foreigners i think it is very telling in the differences between slen zelenskyy and vladimir putin plus victor, i may be pronouncing his name wrong but victor was a prokremlin ukrainian politician who happens to be slayed vladimir god father of daughter so he basically traded 215, you know, ukrainian fights fighters plus our two americans thank god for one guy who the kremlin says they dont know where hes at so i think it is a huge win for p...

Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh were greeted by excited family members.

You. he added the two americans along with the 8 other foreigners i think it is very telling in the differences between slen zelenskyy and vladimir putin plus victor, i may be pronouncing his name wrong but victor was a prokremlin ukrainian politician who happens to be slayed vladimir god father of daughter so he basically traded 215, you know, ukrainian fights fighters plus our two americans thank god for one guy who the kremlin says they dont know where hes at so i think it is a huge win for p...

Of the danger zone... the flight that took aiden aslin to his freedom after months in captivity, where he said he was treated worse than a dog. in my cell, it was a two—man cell, but it was for four people, because we had to sleep on the same bed, on a mat that was infested with lice. we also had to sing the russian national anthem every morning and if you didnt sing it, you would get punished for it. you could get beaten or they would punish you some way or another. aiden aslin moved to ukrai...

To the streets and really fight for greater freedom, greater equality. iranians have also been experiencing economic hardship from mismanagement and international sanctions. so all of this has been piling up through the years and its coming out on the streets of iran. you are watching bbc news, a reminder of the headlines: eyewitnesses say armed soldiers are going door—to—door in occupied parts of ukraine to collect votes for so—called referendums on joining russia. a british man, freed th...

Landed days after their release. part of a prisoner swap involving more than 250 prisoners and includes several other international volunteers who fought for ukraine. the families of the two americans are overjoyed to have them back. here they are. >> the last couple of days clearly its been a blur. so we are excited to get them home, catch our breath and start to process everything weve been through. >> excitement, shock. i think most of us are in a little bit of shock because it can a im to su...

The four regions of ukraine where refere the 11s onjojning ., .., the bus lavrov, said if join receive moscows they will receive moscows full protection, doctrine on use of moscows doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons. there has been a reaction from the ukrainians, the foreign minister here said comments like this are unacceptable. the ukrainian authorities and western countries have dismissed the so—called referendums being held in those occupied regions of ukraine as an illegal process wit...