prisoner of war

Example Sentences

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His party hails him as "one of the youngest prisoners of war".

From Barron's

Ukraine and Russia exchanged 314 prisoners of war after another round of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ukraine and Russia have conducted a rare exchange of prisoners of war and civilians after two days of US-brokered peace talks in Abu Dhabi.

From BBC

Often, they cling to hope that the men are prisoners of war, captured and held in Russia somewhere but not on any official lists.

From BBC

Under that deal, Moscow and Kyiv agreed to return the bodies of 12,000 soldiers, as well as all sick and heavily wounded prisoners of war and those aged under 25.

From BBC