Commanders of defender of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol Denys Prokopenko, Serhii Volynskyi, Sviatoslav Palamar, Denys Shleha, Oleh Homenko together with Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi and Military Intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy via video link after prisoners of war (POWs) swapping, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in location given as Turkey, in this handout picture released September 22, 2022. Press service of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS
Russia has released 215 Ukrainians it took prisoner after a protracted battle for the port city of Mariupol earlier this year, including top military leaders, a senior official in Kyiv said on Wednesday.
The freed prisoners include the commander and deputy commander of the Azov battalion that did much of the fighting, said Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office.
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