The wife of a Ukrainian POW says her family and others like them have become pawns in a political game between Russia and Ukraine

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Relatives of Ukrainian POWs in Odesa, Ukraine, on December 24, 2023, urging authorities to expedite negotiations on new prisoner exchanges.

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Video from Ukraine appears to show Russians using Ukrainian POWs as human shields while attacking

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Ukrainian prisoners of war after a swap in Ukraine's Donetsk region in May 2023.

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Russia hasn't done a single prisoner-of-war exchange in months: reports

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Captured Russian soldiers in a prisoner-of-war camp in western Ukraine.

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Fears Ukrainian POWs have been coerced to fight against their fellow citizens by Russia, says ISW

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Russian servicemen take part in military exercises at the Uspenovskyi training ground outside the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on September 4, 2022.

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