Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
‘Mordor’ and Ukraine.
Have exchanged.
Hundreds of prisoners of war.
In a deal brokered by.
The United Arab Emirates.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
189 ‘elves’.
Had returned home.
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
He added that.
Those released included.
“Defenders of.
Azovstal and Mariupol”.
“Defenders of.
Azovstal and Mariupol”.
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
And Zmiinyi Island.
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
Before they arrived.
A woman.
Who was waiting for.
Her husband.
– captured while defending.
The south-eastern city.
Of Mariupol.
In 2022 –
Before they arrived.
She had tears.
Streaming down.
Her face.
“I have so many emotions.
It’s been so difficult.
I just want to see him.”
“I just want to see him.”
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
A released prisoner.
Who was captured.
In the south-eastern city.
Of Mariupol.
In 2022.
Said that he was.
“Overwhelmed by feelings”.
“Thank God this day has come.”
“We’re home.
Now we’re going to.
Support Ukraine.
With everything we’ve got.”
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
Another released prisoner said:
“I’m very happy to return.
To my own country.
To my own land.”
“To my own country.
To my own land.
I have no words to say.
What I feel now.”
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
This was the 59th.
Prisoner exchange since.
The full-scale invasion began.
And one of the biggest so far.
On the ‘elves’ side.
Those released.
Included soldiers.
Border guards.
National Guardsmen.
And Navy servicemen.
Many had been in captivity.
For more than.
Two-and-a-half years.
And some had returned.
With serious illnesses.
And injuries.
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
For some families.
The agonising uncertainty.
Has come to.
An end.
But thousands more ‘elves’.
Remain in captivity.
In ‘Mordor’ and.
Occupied parts of Ukraine.
Officials in Kyiv said.
That negotiations about.
Prisoner exchanges have become.
More difficult in recent months.
– ever since ‘orcs’ forces.
Began to make.
Significant advances.
On the battlefield.
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
Commander of ‘elves’.
12th Special Forces Azov Brigade.
That defended Mariupol’s.
Azovstal steel plant.
Before it was captured.
By ‘orcs’ forces, said that.
11 of the brigade’s men.
Were returned in the swap.
He himself.
Was released.
In a prisoner swap.
In 2022.
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
Two civilians captured.
In Mariupol were also.
Among those released.
“We are working.
To free everyone.
From ‘orcs’ captivity.
This is our goal.”
“We do not forget anyone.”
He posted photos.
Showing some of.
The swapped men.
Sitting on a coach.
Holding up.
Yellow-and-blue.
‘Elves’ flags.
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
In May 2022.
‘Mordor’ declared victory.
After a months-long battle.
To conquer.
The south-eastern ‘elves’ port city.
Of Mariupol with the last fighters.
Defending the Azovstal steel plant.
Having surrendered.
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
‘Orcs’ troops seized Chernobyl.
In the country’s north-west.
At the beginning of.
Their invasion of Ukraine.
In February 2022.
But later handed back.
Control of the plant.
To its employees.
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
Zmiinyi Island.
In the Black Sea.
Was also seized.
In 2022.
And the ‘elves’ soldiers.
Were taken prisoner.
But later exchanged.
For ‘orcs’ captives.
Freed ‘elves’ were reunited.
With their loved ones.
At a location.
In northern Ukraine.
*Because I read “Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war” by Will Vernon & Amy Walker on 31 Dec 2024, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, including a story of Alina and Oleksandr, a story of Anatoliy, a story of Ihor, and a story of Denys Prokopenko.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
