:Ukraine has brought home a first group of prisoners from Russian captivity in the latest exchange between the two sides, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday (June 9).

Zelenskiy said on his Telegram chat the exchange will be done in several stages in the coming days, adding that the severely wounded and those under 25 were part of this swap.

It is the first group of prisoners of war to be exchanged following the second round of talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul earlier this month.

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VIDEO SHOWS: BUS CARRYING RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR ARRIVING, RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR GETTING OFF THE BUS, BEING GREETED, RELEASED PRISONER OF WAR TALKING TO HIS MOTHER ON MOBILE

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SHOWS: CHERNIHIV REGION, UKRAINE (JUNE 9, 2025) (COORDINATION HEADQUARTERS FOR PRISONERS OF WAR ISSUES - Access All)

1. BUS CARRYING RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR ARRIVING

2. VARIOUS OF RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR GETTING OFF THE BUS, BEING GREETED

CHERNIHIV REGION, UKRAINE (JUNE 9, 2025) (UKRAINIAN OMBUDSMAN DMYTRO LUBINETS - Access All)

3. REPRESENTATIVE OF UKRAINIAN OMBUDSMAN DMYTRO LUBINETS CALLING MOTHER OF ONE OF THE RELEASED PRISONERS ON MOBILE, SAYING HE HAS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR HER AND ONPASSING MOBILE TO THE RELEASED PRISONER

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) RELEASED PRISONER (NAME UNKNOWN) SAYING:

"Hello Mum, hello Mum, I have arrived, I am home. Hello Mum. I came back home, I am back in homeland. Mum, very soon, I love you, I cannot wait. Thank you so much for everything, for all your letters, I love you, I cannot wait to see you. Mum, I love you, I kiss you. Mum, my dearest, thank you for being there for me , that you waited for me, we will see each other very soon, please do not worry. Yes, Mum, I am home, I am in Ukraine. Hurray! hurray! Thank you."

CHERNIHIV REGION, UKRAINE (JUNE 9, 2025) (COORDINATION HEADQUARTERS FOR PRISONERS OF WAR ISSUES - Access All)

5. REPRESENTATIVES OF ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE HUGGING PRISONERS