Saw the bus: Mother and Son of Azovstal's three years were in Russian captivity

To spread: the mother and son - Margarita and Ruslan Grapes, who were captured by Azovstal, for the first time in three years saw each other on a bus that visited Ukrainian prisoners of war for exchange. About it writes public. "Margarita and Ruslan Grapeda have unexpectedly met at today's exchange after three years of captivity after leaving Azovstal in Mariupol," the message reads.

The journalists said that their mother and son were captured in Mariupol and since then they knew nothing about each other's further fate. They have not seen in May 2022. "Today, April 19, they saw each other on the bus, for the first time during this time they were able to hug and wait to meet with their relatives," the journalists emphasized. Ruslan is now 22 years. He wrote letters to his mother because he thought she had already been released from captivity. "I still do not believe . . .

Because there were many dreams when you dream that you hug. You go out to freedom and hug children, hug your family . . . And then, when the rise at six in the morning - you realize it is a dream . . . And it is very difficult. And today I met him. We will remind, on April 19 Ukraine and the Russian Federation carried out exchange of prisoners. 277 Ukrainian fighters returned home.