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Feb 2023
47m 53s

Inside a prisoner of war camp in Ukraine

Bbc World Service
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The War in Ukraine has seen little or no diplomacy between Kyiv and Moscow. However, there has been cooperation around prisoner of war exchanges. More than 1,700 Ukrainian men and women have reportedly made it home this way so far. The BBC has been given rare access to one facility where captured Russian soldiers are held in the west of the country. Also i ... Show More
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