Relatives of captured Ukrainian soldiers call for their return home at protest in Kyiv

Protesters, mostly relatives, attend a rally in support of Ukrainian soldiers from the Azov Regiment who were captured by Russia in May after the fall of Mariupol, in Kyiv. ©Efrem Lukatsky/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved

At a regular rally held in Kyiv by relatives of captured soldiers in Russia's invasion, participants said Sunday they hoped the recently concluded peace summit in Switzerland would further galvanize international support for Ukraine and boost efforts to bring prisoners home.

Already, a vast majority of countries represented at the two-day summit in the secluded Swiss resort above Lake Lucerne backed a call for the full exchange of captured soldiers and the return of deported Ukrainian children.

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