Mrs Olha attended all prisoner exchanges, hoping that her son Yevhenii, a marine who has been in captivity since April 2022, would return.

Finally, on August 24, Mrs Olha was able to hug her son.

She always brought a vyshyvanka, a Ukrainian embroidered shirt, to the exchanges with her. Yevhenii put it on as soon as he stepped off the bus and saw his mom.

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