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00:02 Report by Max Zander
01:29 Max Zander | DW Correspondent | Chernihiv, Ukraine
01:52 Petro Yatsenko | POW exchange coordinator

Script:

((phone call woman with her son))
She had to wait for this moment for one and a half years.
Viktoria just got news that her son Dima is alive and is finally coming home.
 
0:13
+++ATMO ((woman))+++
“Dymka, are you coming? Dymka! Dima,
0:16

0:18
 What joy! What a blessing from God!
0:21

0:24
 Dymochka, all the terrible things are behind us now.”

0:29
((bus))
He was on the bus with these other prisoners of war, released from Russian captivity just a few hours ago.

((relatives with billboards))
For her the uncertainty has ended- while others can only hope.

((relatives asking prisoners))
The families of those missing in action make up the largest group here by far.
They’re hoping the released POWs can give them clues to their loved ones’ fate

0:54
+++SOT Halina and Iuri, Family members ((NO INSERT))
“The situation is that my son is missing. Three boys disappeared. They went on a mission together and did not return. 
1:02
MALE VOICE: His comrades communicate a little. The leadership, the company commander, has not been in contact since April 17.”
 
1:09 REPORTER
How are you coping with this?

1:12
SOT WOMAN 
“Faith, hope, prayer. That's all that keeps us going. Believe me, medication doesn't help. We believe, we feel that they are alive.”

1:26
But the chances are slim.

1:28 
+++PTC Max Zander, DW Correspondent+++
“The First group was exchanged with very little detail made public as to not endanger the ongoing negotiations. No numbers were released, but we were told its mainly very young men, younger than 25 who were exchanged and many of them in serious condition.”

1:42
The prisoner deal is fragile, those working on it told us. Just like the condition of those who just came free.

1:51
+++SOT Petro Yatsenko, Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War+++
“Unfortunately the international red cross have no access to russian places of detention we know according to international data that more than 95 percent of released ukrainians from russian captivity was under tortures. So their health conditions are very poor 

2:12 
((POWs leaving the building))
These young men were among the few who made it out today. More are expected to follow over the coming days. Their ordeal at least, is over.

2:25 REPORTER
How are you feeling now?

2:26 +++SOT Valera, Released Ukrainian POW+++
I'm in shock.

2:28 REPORTER
Why? Tell me.

2:29 +++SOT Valera, Released Ukrainian POW+++
Because I made it home.

2:31 REPORTER
Are you happy?

2:32
+++SOT Valera, Released Ukrainian POW+++
Very. Very, but I haven't seen it yet.

2:35 
For him its about putting his life back together.
 
((family members))
 
While the lives of others remain on hold.