Ukrainian captured by Russians in 2016 at age of 17 freed after eight years in Russian captivity
Civilian Bohdan Kovalchuk has been brought back to Ukraine as a result of another prisoner exchange with Russia. He had been held in captivity since 2016, when Russian forces detained him at the age of 17.
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Apparently he hasn't forgotten his home and (national) identity. That's good to hear. But most kids are abducted at a much younger age, when a sense of self and/or belonging isn't fully formed yet. The damage is horrendous to both themselves and their families. It's part of the definition of genocide.
2016.....2025......8 years.
Am I stupid, or isn't that 9 years?
They probably rounded down, because he wasn't captured 9 years ago but 8 and 6 months or something like that. And if you round up, suddenly you're just spreading propaganda and telling lies/exaggerating reality.
Not until the anniversary in 2025