A just peace is only possible with Russia's full defeat. But Hrytsak sees no prospect of that. Even if Putin disappears, those who replace him will likely not give up Crimea. 3/

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The most realistic negotiation scenario now is to seek a compromise that reduces the intensity of fighting and possibly reaches a ceasefire. Walking away from negotiations is the worst option — it condemns Ukraine to an extremely difficult fight for survival. 2/

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Hrytsak: "You cannot feed Russia with territory. Every time you hand over land, the aggressor treats it as a gift of fate and does not stop, because he sees it as a sign of weakness." Historian Yaroslav Hrytsak for Ukrainska Pravda. 1/

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Six other soldiers from the Edelweiss Brigade were exchanged alongside Denys — from Rivne, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. 8X

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Talk of a possible exchange began in April, around Denys's birthday. On April 24 — his mother's birthday — he came home. His father called her in the morning and said: "This is your birthday gift — your son is coming home." 7/

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His father Serhiy and mother began searching for any information: scrolling social media, watching videos, joining groups about prisoners of war and writing appeals to Zelenskyy, Lubinets, Budanov and Maliuk. 3/

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Then the father found a video of Denys being interrogated by a Chechen general. Father Serhiy: "I saw him — and my heart immediately settled. The one thing I feared most was Chechnya. That there would be very brutal abuse of our boys. God helped."

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Denys was mobilized in the summer of 2022 and went to serve in the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade Edelweiss in Donetsk Oblast. Seven months on the front line and in March 2023 contact disappeared. 2/

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Denys Yeromov spent 38 months in captivity in Chechnya. No toilet in the cell — only five-liter bottles. Washing once a week. In all that time he was allowed to call his father once. On April 24, 2026 he was exchanged, writes Suspilne. 1/

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When they finally reached their own lines, the first thing he asked for was coffee. Then he called his wife. Alex: "I wanted to see my wife. That was my dream." 8X

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