00:00Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians gathered in Kiev to commemorate the second
00:05anniversary of an explosion that killed more than 50 Ukrainians detained by Russia in the
00:10Olenivka prison barracks.
00:13Speakers at the ceremony urged the Ukrainian government to work harder to get soldiers
00:18freed in prisoner exchanges.
00:20The Olenivka explosion was one of the most painful pages in the history of Russia's ongoing
00:26invasion of Ukraine, according to many soldiers.
00:30Russia claimed the explosion was caused by Kiev's forces firing a missile, but increasing
00:35evidence instead suggests that Russia was responsible for setting off the blast.
00:41Two years after, many Ukrainians still want to know exactly how it happened.
00:46The event in the center of Kiev drew together many families, including the mothers, wives
00:51and children of soldiers who were killed in the blast or of those who are currently imprisoned
00:57by Russia.
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