“Mamma, non so quando potrò chiamarti.” – l’ultimo messaggio che Liudmyla ha ricevuto da suo figlio, che ora risulta disperso. Spera che sia un prigioniero di guerra

During the 72nd prisoner of war exchange on the eve of Easter, 182 Ukrainians returned from Russian captivity. Most have been held since 2022. While some families embraced their loved ones for the first time in years on the hospital grounds, others continued their wait, hoping for news. One of them is Liudmyla.

Liudmyla Pliashechnyk is waiting for her son, who went missing in action in March 2025. There is still no confirmed information about him. She has been coming to prisoner exchanges for some time now and says she no longer keeps count of how many times she has been here.

The last time her son, Anatolii Rak, made contact was on March 11, 2025. He sent a brief message:

>“Mom, I don’t know when I’ll be able to call.”

This was the last message his mother received from her son. He served as a medic. According to Liudmyla, he rarely spoke about his service because he did not want to worry her. After his disappearance, she was told that he and his comrades had been at an observation post when Russian forces were actively dropping explosives from drones. Since then, there has been no direct contact with him. His unit says there is a high probability that he is in captivity, and this is the thought Liudmyla holds on to.

The woman says that at the time her son went missing, his wife was pregnant. Their daughter was born after his disappearance and is now seven months old.

She describes her son as someone who made a conscious choice, and says he never considered staying on the sidelines.

>“He said, ‘I will not hide. I have a wife, I have a child on the way. I have to defend my country,” she says.

Now, Liudmyla comes to every exchange and waits. Like other families, she has no confirmed information, only hope.

>“I believe he will come back. If not today, then next time. But he will return,” his mother says.

Read complete article and see more photos here: [https://frontliner.ua/en/how-families-awaited-the-72nd-prisoner-of-war-exchange/](https://frontliner.ua/en/how-families-awaited-the-72nd-prisoner-of-war-exchange/)

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