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Mothers of missing Ukraine soldiers desperate for hope at POW exchanges



Lyubov Brodovska reacts as she holds a portrait of her missing son Oleksandr while awaiting the arrival of released Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) after a prisoner exchange in the Chernigiv region on June 26, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFPCaption

All Lyubov Brodovska wanted from the Ukrainian soldiers just freed in a prisoner exchange with Russia was for one to give a sign that her missing son was alive.

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