The BBC is given rare access to a prisoner of war facility housing hundreds in western Ukraine.
By James WaterhouseRussian missiles were once again taunting Ukraine from the sky as we entered this prisoner of war facility in the west of the country.
Prisoner exchanges have become a regular feature of this war and for Kyiv it is crucial that they continue. Ukraine said this month it had secured the release of 1,762 men and women so far in prisoner swaps. These are highly sensitive operations, often taking months to arrange.We were allowed to approach who we wanted and asked for their consent. But the guards were with us wherever we went and these men were unlikely to have been speaking freely.
At lunchtime the prisoners were marched to a temporary canteen on the top floor. Through the window a Ukrainian flag flapped in the cold wind. It is quite possible that some of the Russians in the room could not understand the programme they were having to watch, and they may not have wanted to.
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