There have been emotional scenes in Ukraine as prisoners freed as part of a prisoner swap with Russia arrived back in Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he hoped it marked a first step towards improved relations between the two countries. At the same time, Russians held in Ukraine returned to Moscow to a more low-key welcome.
Joy And Tears As Freed Prisoners Arrive In Kyiv And Moscow
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Reporters surround Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov as he hugs his daughter Alina Sentsova after he disembarked a plane at Boryspil International Airport.
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Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov walks through journalists with his daughter Alina Sentsova after being freed form captivity in Russia.
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Dmitry Kiselev (left), director of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency director, and freed Russian-Ukrainian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky (right) leave a government airport outside Moscow after a long-awaited exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev.