Even the wives of prisoners of war (POWs) don't find out their husbands are being freed until they are on Ukrainian soil.One woman attended these prisoner exchanges while her husband was in Russian captivity – if only in an attempt to get closer to what he must have been feeling. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said that POWs are given food as soon as they arrive back in Ukraine. She said one can't really communicate with them until they've eaten. When the prisoners are released, they can be broken.“There was a Ukrainian soldier who was given a chocolate bar… I watched him unwrap it, hold it to his face, close his eyes, and slowly breathe in the smell,” she said quietly, looking down at her feet and shaking her head.