In the most recent prisoner exchange between Kyiv and Moscow

a U.S. citizen and numerous Ukrainian servicemen were released

according to authorities' announcement on Wednesday.

U.S. Air Force veteran Suedi Murekezi claimed to have endured beatings

and electric shocks from his captors before being freed from jail in October.

"Every one of our human rights were violated,"

he said. "We were tortured."

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