Dmytro Kozatskyi was released as part of a major prisoner exchange on September 21, 2022.
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Kozatskyi returned home in a major prisoner exchange on Sept. 21, 2022.
215 Ukrainian defenders were released, including Azovstal defenders Denys Prokopenko, Serhii Volynskyi, Sviatoslav Palamar, Denys Shleha and Oleh Khomenko. Russia got Viktor Medvedchuk and 55 Russian occupiers
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