Ukraine, Russia Carry Out Largest Prisoner Swap Since Start Of Invasion

Paramedics help a Ukrainian prisoner of war whom Russia swapped at an exchange in the Chernihiv region.

A Ukrainian soldier, one of nearly 300 people involved in the prisoner swap with Russia on September 21, makes his way home.

Ukrainian soldiers enjoying their first moments of freedom.

News of the Ukrainian soldiers' release was overpowering for their loved ones.

Ukraine's State Security Service chief, Vasyl Maliuk (right), embraces a prisoner of war released in the swap with Russia after a group of prisoners was set free in the Chernihiv region.


 

Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky (second from left), greets Azov regiment commander Denys Prokopenko (second from right), who was released in the prisoner exchange in Chernihiv.

Ukrainian medics were on hand to attend to newly released prisoners, some of whom had injuries and health problems.

Briton Aiden Aslin (center) was among a group of prisoners who were released from Russia and flown to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, under the terms of the exchange deal, in which Turkey was a key negotiator.