Director Oleg Sentsov, who was sentenced in Russia to 20 years in prison on charges of terrorism, returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange between Moscow and Kiev.
Live broadcast from Boryspil airport, where Ukrainian prisoners are met by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, is broadcast by Hromadske TV channel.
Speaking at the airport, Zelensky said he would seek further release of all prisoners.
On September 7, an exchange took place according to the “35 for 35” scheme. As part of it, the editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti Ukraine Kirill Vyshinsky and Vladimir Tsemakh , who is called a key witness in the case of the crash of the Malaysian Boeing, arrived in Russia.