On Monday, 108 women, including 12 civilians, were released from captivity in Russia as part of one such swap.
Olena, a doctor, was released the next day. Dima and Oleh, a former police colonel, were taken to a filtration camp in Russia. Oleh was returned to Ukraine in a prisoner swap on April 18, but Dima has been gone for seven months. “The last time my husband saw my son alive was in a filtration center on March 23rd,” she said. “I demand Russia to release my civilian son who has a civilian occupation. I am ready to go to the end of the earth to get him.
Her daughter, Victoria, was taken from their home in the village of Stari Bykov, on March 25 by Russian forces, after they found text messages on her phone about Russian movements in the area. According to Victoria, she was held in the basement of a local house overnight and then moved to Russia the next day. A CNN team met Katerina a week after Victoria had been taken. She stood outside her house, dazed and fighting back tears, as she showed photographs of her math teacher daughter.
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