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Ukraine president escorts former POWs home from Turkey

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also honored the country's soldiers as the war with Russia passes 500 days.

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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, centre, shakes hands with Azov regiment commander Denys Prokopenko at Istanbul international airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, July 8.
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Azov regiment commander Denys Prokopenko walks at Istanbul international airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, July 8.
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, deputy commander of the Azov regiment Svyatoslav Palamar walks at Istanbul international airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, July 8.
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, hugs with deputy commander of the Azov regiment Svyatoslav Palamar at Istanbul international airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, July 8. Five commanders of the defense of the Azovstal steel plant, a grueling months-long siege early in the war, were returning from Turkey on the plane with Zelenskyy.
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, hugs with defender of the Azovstal steel plant Serhii Volynskyi at Istanbul international airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, July 8.
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, frome left: Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, defenders of the Azovstal steel plant Oleh Khomenko, Denys Shleha, Denys Prokopenko, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, defender of the Azovstal Serhii Volynskyi, Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak and deputy commander of the Azov regiment Svyatoslav Palamar pose for the picture inside a plane during their flight from Turkey to Ukraine, Saturday, July 8.
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, top centre right, and Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, bottom right, talk with defenders of the Azovstal steel plant Oleh Khomenko, bottom centre, Denys Shleha, top centre left, Denys Prokopenko, top left, Serhii Volynskyi, top right, and Svyatoslav Palamar inside a plane during their flight from Turkey to Ukraine, Saturday, July 8.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center left, stands next to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, July 8.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, stands next to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, July 8. Zelenskyy attended a memorial ceremony for the victims of the war in Ukraine led by Patriarch Bartholomew I.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stands during a ceremony at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, July 8.
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A Ukrainian policeman of special police unit looks on as he is reflected on a window, at the front line, near Kreminna, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Friday, July 7.
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A Ukrainian policeman of special police unit fires a D-30 cannon towards Russian positions at the front line, near Kreminna, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Friday, July 7.
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A Ukrainian policeman of special police unit pets a cat at the front line, near Kreminna, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Friday, July 7.

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