Maryna Chuykova, a Horlivka citizen, along with 75 other Ukrainians, was released on New Year’s Eve after nearly two years of captivity by the Russia-backed separatists in Donetsk region.
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Ukrainians - who were made prisoners - walk out of a bus during a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia-backed forces near the Mayorsk checkpoint on Dec. 29, 2019.