(19 Apr 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chernihiv region, Ukraine – 19 April 2025
1. Wide of ambulances carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war driving into the hospital
2. Closeup of POW families with poster reading (Ukrainian): "We believed, we waited, we love you!"
3. Mid of medics transporting injured POW from ambulance
4. Wide families screaming
UPSOUND (Ukrainian): "Welcome back home!"
5. Mid of Ukrainian POW standing near ambulance
6. Various of medics transporting injured POW holding flag from the ambulance
7. Various of families applauding
UPSOUND (Ukrainian): "Congratulations!"
8. Wide of nine-year-old Artem Sheheda waiting for his uncle
9. Closeup of a portrait of Artem’s uncle Ihor Lohvynchuk
10. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Artem Sheheda, nephew of Ukrainian POW Ihor Lohvynchuk:
"The last time we saw each other, if I’m not mistaken, I was five years old, now I’m nine. I don’t think he’ll recognize me."
11. Closeup of a portrait of Lohvynchuk
12. Various of Lohvynchuk’s family receiving first call after his release
UPSOUND (Ukrainian) Nataliia Lohvynchuk, mother of Ukrainian POW Ihor Lohvynchuk:
"We love you my son, my kitty! We are waiting for you."
UPSOUND (Ukrainian) Ihor Lohvynchuk, Ukrainian POW:
"We were just exchanged."
UPSOUND (Ukrainian) Nataliia Lohvynchuk, mother of Ukrainian POW Ihor Lohvynchuk:
"How he feels positive, I don’t know…"
13. Wide of buses with Ukrainian POWS riding into the hospital
14. Wide of Nataliia Lohvynchuk waving to her son
15. Wide of Nataliia Lohvynchuk hugging her son for the first time after three years of Russian captivity
16. Wide of POWs hugging
17. Various of Lohvynchuk hugging his family
18. Wide of POWs walking
19. Various of Lohvynchuk hugging his mother
UPSOUND (Ukrainian) Nataliia Lohvynchuk, mother of Ukrainian POW Ihor Lohvynchuk:
"Before (captivity) he was around 100 kilograms."
UPSOUND (Ukrainian) Ihor Lohvynchuk, Ukrainian POW:
"I don’t want to say it before my mother but I lost a lot of kilograms."
UPSOUND (Ukrainian) Nataliia Lohvynchuk, mother of Ukrainian POW Ihor Lohvynchuk:
"Why you can’t say it near me? Or I didn’t know what your weight was?"
UPSOUND (Ukrainian) Ihor Lohvynchuk, Ukrainian POW:
"Mother has my photo. This is my face before and now. Artem has a photo. You can compare how am I looking now. I never had such cheekbones. But now look at me…"
20. Mid of Ukrainian POWs calling totheir loved ones
21. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Ihor Lohvynchuk, Ukrainian POW:
I still can’t believe it, we’re not here yet. We’ve all arrived, but we’re not here yet. Unfortunately, we don’t understand it yet. Three years, 1,102 days of captivity – that’s not five days."
22. Wide of Ukrainian POWs
23. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Nataliia Lohvynchuk, mother of Ukrainian POW Ihor Lohvynchuk:
"We call on the whole world, all countries, to help bring all the boys home."
SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Ihor Lohvynchuk, Ukrainian POW:
"Most of all, I ask that we put pressure on I don’t know who, on which services, I’m not competent in this, but we need to put pressure on these services to bring the boys home."
24. Various of Ukrainian POWs speaking to their loved ones
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday 277 Ukrainian soldiers had been returned from Russian captivity, in the war’s largest exchange.
Most of the Ukrainians freed in the latest prisoner exchange are young people born after 2000, Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said.
Her son, 23-year-old Ihor Lohvynchuk, had lost about 40 kilograms in captivity.
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