Defenders from Kherson region returned from Russian captivity

The prisoner exchange that took place on the night of October 19 allowed 95 Ukrainian defenders to return home. Among those released are three residents of Kherson region.

This was reported by the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin.

According to the headquarters, this is the 58th exchange of prisoners since the beginning of the invasion. The peculiarity of this exchange is that many Ukrainians are returning home who received the so-called "sentences" of the aggressor country's judicial system and were "sentenced" to long terms, and 20 of them were sentenced to life imprisonment for defending their own land from the aggressor.

Photo: Oleksandr Prokudin, telegram

Also among the released prisoners is journalist, human rights activist, co-founder of Hromadske Radio and the Zmina Human Rights Center Maksym Butkevych.

Earlier on September 14, a large exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine took place, and 103 soldiers who had been captured by the occupiers returned home. Then 103 soldiers were exchanged - 82 privates and sergeants. 21 officers.

On September 13, 49 heroes finally returned home. Among them are 23 women who were illegally detained by Russia. This is the largest number of women exchanged in recent times.

In August, 22 prisoners were returned to Ukraine. In July, 45 of our prisoners were returned to Ukraine. Among them are soldiers of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service and two civilians. In June, 95 of our people were returned to Ukraine. The list includes soldiers of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, and border guards.

Earlier, three boys aged 13 to 17 were returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine. Two of them are residents of the Oleshky boarding school. In total, 206 children from the Kherson region have been returned to the government-controlled territory of Ukraine since the beginning of 2024.

It was also reported that at the end of August , five more families with children were returned from the temporarily occupied Kherson region to the government-controlled territory of Ukraine. These families are raising eight children.

Сергій Лозовський