Ukrainian servicemen embrace fellow soldiers after being released from Russian captivity at an undisclosed location near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, on September 13, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. 49 Ukrainian prisoners of war, including soldiers of the armed forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, the national police, the state border guard service, as well as fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azvostal battle, had been returned to their country from Russia on September 13, 2024. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)