Families in tears as Ukrainian soldiers return home after Russia prisoner of war swap

Russia and Ukraine swap 150 prisoners in tearful exchange. Source: AP

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00:00Uncle, uncle, uncle, uncle, uncle, uncle.

00:02No, no, no.

00:04Give it to the brother.

00:12Thank you so much.

00:18Everything is fine.

00:20Everything is fine.

00:30Oh my God.

00:34Oh my God, brother.

00:54In such euphoria,

00:56I don't really understand

00:58how to live in freedom.

01:00Although I was waiting for it every minute.

01:02And my family was waiting.

01:04Honestly, I thought it would never come.

01:06Today is the second birthday of my life.

01:08From today

01:10everything will start all over again.

01:12Unfortunately, the city is lost.

01:14My native city is no longer there,

01:16in which I lived for 40 years.

01:18But my family and my relatives

01:20are still alive.