Ukraine’s Point out Border Guard Services mentioned this in a publish on Fb, Ukrinform experiences.

“The border guards of the Izmail detachment, with each other with the family members of the Heroes and the community, achieved 3 comrades who stayed in Russian captivity for 9 months,” the report reads.

They had been reportedly freed on November 24, together with 3 extra border guards from the Donetsk and Luhansk detachments.

Right after the release, the servicemen underwent rehabilitation and been given health-related and psychological guidance, the report claimed.

The agency stated the servicemen would return to services in the around foreseeable future.

Russian troops captured Zmiinyi Island on the first working day of the entire-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Initially, there ended up reviews that right after Russian warships and plane attacked the island, its infrastructure was ruined and call with Ukrainian border guards was dropped. On February 28, the Ukrainian Navy reported that the marines and border guards captured by the Russian occupiers on Zmiinyi Island ended up alive. They returned from captivity in November.

On June 30, the Ukrainian army completely liberated Zmiinyi Island and compelled the invaders to depart it. Russia’s Defense Ministry described the escape of its soldiers from the island as a “gesture of goodwill.”