Zelenskyy, Chief of Staff of Presidential Office Andrew Yermak and Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko pose for a picture with commanders of defenders of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol [Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters]

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   Home at last 👏 End of the war soon 😁

   "The Ukrainian defenders held out in tunnels and bunkers under the #Azovstal steel plant, until they were finally ordered by #Kyiv to surrender in May last year.

   #Moscow freed some of them in September in a prisoner swap brokered by #Ankara, under terms that required the commanders to remain in #Turkey until the end of the war."

   Moscow denounces return of Mariupol commanders sent to Turkey in prisoner swap | #UkraineWar
   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/08/ukraine-brings-home-five-commanders-captured-in-mariupol-siege