On Sunday, May 25, 303 defender returned from Russian captivity to Ukraine. Among them are five Carpathians, in particular Roman Terenchin from the Sloboda Dolinskaya, in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.
A soldier who held captivity for 890 days served as a senior gunner of a machine-gun platoon of a company of fire support of the 95th separate landing and screening brigade. This is reported "
The fighter was captured in December 2022 after being wounded near the Kremenny Lugansk region. Within 890 days, blankets did not receive any letters or calls.
Olga Terenchin first learned about the liberation of her husband from the message in the “DIA” application, and then she was called from the coordination headquarters on the issues of dealing with prisoners of war. Later, Roman himself contacted his wife from the hospital.
" Husband and children for me are all. We will have a 20th wedding anniversary with Roman on August 6, so I really wanted us to celebrate it together. May 17 he turned 42, and the smallest novel May 4 - 2 years. I was in the fifth month of pregnancy when he was captured, ”the woman said.
On May 17, the defender freed from captivity was 42 years old, and his youngest son - 2 years. At the time of captivity, the wife was in the fifth month of pregnancy. All this time she lived faithfully that her husband would return home.
Olga said that her husband had experience in the fighting back in 2015-2016 in the ATO zone, in particular near the Donetsk airport, Avdeevka and the village of Lugansk, being part of the 128th Mining and School Brigade. In August 2022, he voluntarily went to the front. It was then that the woman learned about pregnancy, and the youngest son became a symbol of hope and strength for her mother during a period of long expectation.
According to Olga, on December 19, 2022, communication with her husband was lost. Already on December 21, she received a notice that the novel was missing.
" Later I still met a video with my husband. In January 2024, she also received news from the liberated captive, who was with her husband in a medical unit in the colony, ”said the wife of the defender.
Within 890 days, captivity native novels did not receive letters or calls. All this time his family could only pray, hope, wait and participate in support shares. The youngest son became a peculiar comfort for Olga, helped to at least get distracted and gather strength to live on and fight for the return of her husband.
The woman practically did not sleep - a maximum of four hours a day. The rest of the time she spent on searching for any information on the Internet about the Penny husband and the possible ways of his return. Two-year-old son Roman, like 19-year-old Daniel, is very similar to his father, and the middle son of Matvey, who is 15 years old, is more reminiscent of the mother.
Terenchin served as a senior gunner of a soldier of a machine-gun platoon of a company of fire support for 95 separate landing and nesting brigade. According to his wife, he was injured from him, he was installed two devices Elizarov.
" As for me, then I would walk to meet him, but I have to wait a few days. We’ll go to visit him with the older and younger. He loves sweets very much with us, so I will definitely bake a biscuit for him, ”Olga noted.
Olga also remembered the first meeting with her future husband. Then she was in the seventh grade, and the novel was in the ninth. They met at the board with a schedule. After school, they officially met only two months before the wedding, because they already knew each other all their lives.
" I have it trouble -free, although it has a steel spirit. My sister, my husband Alexander went to the front after the captivity of the novel, and after six months he died. He has three small children left. I also have a brother of the military chaplain and the eldest son Daniel studies for a priest. I know that it was the Lord God, the Goshevskaya Mother of God and St. Judas Thaddey returned my heart to me, my husband, ”the woman noted.
The first stage took place on May 23 - on this day 390 Ukrainians returned home, including 270 warriors of defense forces and 120 civilians.
The next day, May 24, Ukraine exchanged another 307 defenders - these are the warriors of the Armed Forces, the State Border Service, the National Guard. 27 defenders of Mariupol also returned home.
On the third day of a large exchange, another 303 Ukrainians managed to return. Among them were 70 defenders of Mariupol, as well as the warriors of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, the State Border Service and the State Special Transport Service.