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Ukrainian captured by Russians in 2016 at age of 17 freed after eight years in Russian captivity (www.pravda.com.ua)
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Civilian Bohdan Kovalchuk has been brought back to Ukraine as a result of another prisoner exchange with Russia. He had been held in captivity since 2016, when Russian forces detained him at the age of 17.

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[–] dabaldeagul 13 points 2 days ago

They probably rounded down, because he wasn't captured 9 years ago but 8 and 6 months or something like that. And if you round up, suddenly you're just spreading propaganda and telling lies/exaggerating reality.