On Sept. 7, Ukraine and Russia exchanged 35 prisoners in a long-awaited swap. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the move “the first step to end the war.” The exchange was praised widely by European leaders.
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Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov meets his daughter after five years of being locked up in a Russian prison. Sentsov was one of the 35 freed Ukrainian prisoners who arrived in Boryspil on Sep. 7, 2019.