NBC NEWS – Among those freed were 64 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he said, before he noted that Murekezi was also freed. Russia also released the bodies of four fallen soldiers. The U.S. State Department confirmed that a U.S. citizen had been freed; it declined to release further details “due to privacy considerations.” The person has “departed Russian-controlled territory,” the agency said. Murekezi was reported to have been arrested in June in the city of Kherson, which was occupied by Russian forces at the time, The Guardian reported.
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