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Inside a prisoner of war camp for Russians

How the exchange system is played.

Ukraine and Russia swap POWs in a rare act of compassion, and the 大象传媒鈥檚 James Waterhouse gets to visit a Ukrainian facility where Russian soldiers are being held.

We also hear from Emma Vardy about her documentary on British men who have volunteered to sign up to fight with Ukrainian soldiers. She tells us about what drives them and what the families they leave behind.

Today鈥檚 episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaliy Shevchenko.

The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson and Luke Radcliff. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Fiona Leach. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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