The American non-profit organization Project Dynamo from Florida, involved in rescue and evacuation operations in Ukraine during the war, said that 27-year-old US citizen Kirill Aleksandrov was released from Russian captivity, who, along with a Ukrainian family, was captured in the Kherson region, allegedly as a spy in.

According to CNN, Aleksandrov and his Ukrainian wife and her mother were captured by Russian troops more than a month ago in the Kherson region..

“I feel relieved, nothing more, nothing less, just relief,” he told the journalist..

When asked how he was treated by Russian soldiers in captivity, he said that he was a victim of war crimes..

" I was tied up and beaten several times. My wife was attacked. The Russian military has low professionalism. We are victims of war crimes,” Aleksandrov said..

The man noted that he did not know that negotiations were underway for his release..

" It's been one long day or a lifetime,"

Alexandrov added that his wife also experienced bullying during her time in captivity, but now she feels better..

" She held me. she has a strong spirit, she is a strong person, and she is already much better,” he said.

The publication notes that the US government was informed and helped to release the man and his family, although sometimes this task looked hopeless..

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The last exchange of prisoners became known on May 6. Then they managed to fire more than 40 Ukrainians: 28 military and 13 civilians.. In general, the Ukrainian authorities managed to return more than 300 people, both civilian and military, from captivity with the help of exchanges..