The US thanked Zelensky for their help in the release of foreign citizens from Russian captivity

The US Presidential Advisor Jake Sullivan expressed gratitude to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky for his successful release from Russian captivity of foreign citizens. "Jacob Sullivan expressed his gratitude to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the head of his office and the whole team for a successfully conducted operation to dismiss from Russian captivity of foreign citizens, including two Americans," - said OP OP Andriy Yermak.

Video day during a telephone conversation, Yermak also reported Sullivan about the operational situation at the front and successes of the Armed Forces. Yermak thanked the United States for "the adamant support of the Ukrainian people in the struggle for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. " On Thursday night, September 22, it became known that Ukraine returned 215 defenders from the Russian captivity, 108 of which were Azov fighters.

Also among the liberated were border guards, police, Marines, National Guards, Troy fighters. Most of the prisoners returned at the border from the Russian Federation in the Chernihiv region. Five Azovstal commanders were exchanged in Turkey, where they will remain until the end of the war under personal guarantees of protection and security of President Recep Erdogan. Ten foreign defenders of Ukraine were also released, including illegally convicted of DNR groups to death.