{"id":11197,"date":"2026-10-24T15:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johanno1.se\/?post_type=exmediatt&p=11197"},"modified":"2026-10-24T15:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:01:16","slug":"they-have-been-waiting-for-this-for-years-who-did-ukraine-rescue-from-russian-captivity-first-hugs-and-calls-to-loved-ones","status":"publish","type":"exmediatt","link":"https:\/\/johanno1.se\/en\/media-tt\/they-have-been-waiting-for-this-for-years-who-did-ukraine-rescue-from-russian-captivity-first-hugs-and-calls-to-loved-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR YEARS! Who did Ukraine rescue from Russian captivity? First hugs and calls to loved ones"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Speaker 1<\/p>\n

In a new exchange, 261 military personnel and 9 civilians returned home recently. Many were illegally convicted in Russia, and there are those who survived a terrorist attack in Voleynivka four years ago. TSN correspondents Nataliia Nahorna and Nalia Kovalska will tell more about this emotional day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 2<\/p>\n

There is simply a sea of people here, and happy cries can be heard from everywhere. Viktoria cannot hold back her tears. She has just learned that her husband Maksym has returned from captivity. And here is a father who has awaited his son's return from captivity, Renat, a marine who defended Mariupol. I have come to you. At the same time, buses are arriving at the meeting point near the border with Belarus. Today there are as many as 7. 270 people, now free, have returned home. 260 of them had been in captivity since '22. All this time, they had not heard the voices of their loved ones. Hardly hearing their mothers, wives, or children in the receivers, they cry. I am already home, I am already in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 4<\/p>\n

By returning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

friendly ladies. Hello! Glory to Ukraine! Hello! Glory! Hello!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 5<\/p>\n

I'll call my family once more. I'll eat something tasty. Some kind of poppy seed bun. Or a braided roll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 2<\/p>\n

Nazariy lists for TSN everyone he has missed over four years. He knows he has new relatives whom he is not yet acquainted with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

A nephew and a niece. I have never even seen him. They were born while I was in captivity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 2<\/p>\n

Dmytro doesn't dare call home yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

Parents are waiting, sisters are waiting. I don't know, emotions are overflowing, I'm very nervous. I don't know what to say.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 2<\/p>\n

Why is it scary to call, so as not to burst into tears?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

About<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 4<\/p>\n

'hug my wife, see my daughter. I have hardly seen her. Get back to a normal life again. People live there. Please believe me, do not believe Russian television. They show lies. People do not live normally there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 2<\/p>\n

And this is Rina TSMS about the return, which dad was so happy about. We are calling him via video together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 4<\/p>\n

Dad, hi! You recognized me. Show me my wife. I'm normal, I'm healthy, I endured as much as I could.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 2<\/p>\n

This is Andriy speaking from mom's phone. I you too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 4<\/p>\n

love very much. Everything<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 6<\/p>\n

okay,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 2<\/p>\n

Everything is fine. He has a chocolate bar in his hands. It's mine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

Favorite chocolate and I am traveling very strong today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 2<\/p>\n

I am very<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

I love sweets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 2<\/p>\n

Natalya from the coordination headquarters tells that for four years she went to exchanges with Snikers in Sumochka.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

How long were you in captivity, Mr. Andriy?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 2<\/p>\n

The released boys are starting to be gathered together for a group photo. Mykyta stands aside; he cannot get enough of talking with his mother. According to tradition, everyone begins to sing the anthem. Mykyta hurries to let his mother hear it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

Hear that? You sing along. And we'll show that we are brothers of the Cossack kin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 6<\/p>\n

In this exchange, there are two people who were taken prisoner even before the full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

You already have a lot. Alright then, come on, friend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 6<\/p>\n

These are Azov fighters. On this day, 221 defenders of Mariupol return from captivity. 90 of them were under investigation or were convicted in Russia. And it was already long awaited. Among the National Guard members are 35 Azov fighters. It would have been difficult for us to find them among such a number of people. But. Leonid begins to recite the prayer of the Ukrainian nationalist and the Azov fighters hear it and gather around.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

Ring me in the pryasky volume of the Kaidashs. Screech by pinching this gloomy morning, so that my faith would be granite.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 6<\/p>\n

The prayer was written 90 years ago in the dungeons of Kativnia; it sounds so clear to those present.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unknown speaker<\/p>\n

here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 4<\/p>\n

Holy! They can! Cathedral!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

Glory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 4<\/p>\n

Ukraine!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

Glory to the heroes! Glory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unknown speaker<\/p>\n

May it be! Death to the enemy!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 6<\/p>\n

Leonid read this prayer for Ukraine in a Russian prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 5<\/p>\n

All of Ukraine, all security and defense forces fought for your return.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 6<\/p>\n

Andriy Yusov conducted the first of dozens of exchanges with an uncovered head. He gave his signature formal peaked cap to the released young man. And now a favorite task. The statistics need to be updated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 5<\/p>\n

Since the full-scale invasion, 9996 Ukrainians have already been released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 6<\/p>\n

This is already traditional for us, but always an incredible surprise for those returning home. For several hours along the highway, people waited with flags for the buses with the liberated. Very<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 7<\/p>\n

We missed you, we are waiting very much, we waited, we hoped and we will hope. May they exchange more of ours. This is a great holiday, like Easter, New Year. For us, it is unlike any other holiday. We drop all our affairs or do them very, very quickly so that we can make it in time for the exchange.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 6<\/p>\n

The buses are already in Chernihiv and Renat's father is trying to guess which of the six his son is in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 8<\/p>\n

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 6<\/p>\n

Natalya Nahorna, Neli Kovalska, Ihor Syry, Illia Shenkarenko, Serhiy Perfov. TSN 1 plus 1. United News marathon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaker 3<\/p>\n

LLC SBS. Join the unmanned systems forces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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