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"The United Nations is not in a position to verify these reports or the circumstances of the crash," U.N. Under-Secretary General Rosemary DiCarlo said during the meeting.

Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan has published a list of the Ukrainian prisoners of war who she alleges were on board the Il-76 aircraft that crashed - but one of them is a soldier who had been swapped earlier.

"These are not combatants, these are journalists who were doing their job, and according to the civilized rules of warfare, should not have been captured in principle, but the fact is the fact. We understand how uncivilized Russia has trampled on any human rights," said Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, the newly appointed head of the Ukrainian parliament's Committee on Freedom of Speech.

Relatives of captured soldiers, including Azovstal steelworks defenders, have gathered in the centre of Kyiv on 7 January for the Free Azov rally. Source: Ukrainska Pravda Details: Several hundred people gathered in the centre of Kyiv to raise awareness of the fact that Azovstal defenders are still in Russian captivity.

Ukraine returned home 230 POWs and civilians, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of the Prisoners of War reported on Jan. 3. It marks Ukraine's largest prisoner exchange since the start of the full-scale war.

Experts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have indicated that Russia may be using the prisoner exchange on 3 January to show that it is "interested in operating within the bounds of international law and norms" against the background of previous abuses against Ukrainian prisoners of war (PoWs) in violation of the Geneva Convention.

The final Ukrainian female Marine to be held in Russian captivity – Halyna Fedyshyn – has been freed in the latest prisoner exchange, according to the Commander of the 36th Marine Brigade, Major Serhiy Volynskyi, on Facebook on Jan 3.

A Ukrainian saboteur has been filmed blowing up a Russian fighter jet more than 1,000 miles behind enemy lines.

Military medic Halyna Fedyshyn, released from Russian captivity on Jan. 3, has gotten engaged to Mykola Hrytseniak, a marine from the 36th Marine Brigade, with whom she went through battles for Mariupol and captivity, according to an announcement by 36th Marine Brigade commander Serhiy Volynskyi on social media.

In an incredible scene, a Ukrainian drone rescued a Ukrainian soldier being held in Russian captivity, by guiding him to safety.