Protesters in Kyiv demand answers about location of POWs and missing soldiers

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Protesters have expressed their frustration over what they say is the government’s poor communication and lack of clarity regarding the fate of relatives who went missing while fighting off Russia’s full-scale invasion.

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00:00Thousands of people have attended a rally in Kiev to demand the Ukrainian government

00:06do more to secure the release of prisoners of war held in Russia.

00:10They are also demanding authorities step up efforts to locate missing loved ones.

00:15There have been semi-regular protests in Ukraine to demand answers about the whereabouts of

00:20family members missing in the war.

00:22Protesters have expressed their frustration over what they say is the government's poor

00:26communication and lack of clarity.

00:29Russia and Ukraine have carried out intermittent prisoner of war exchanges since the earliest

00:33days of the war, the last of which took place in December.

00:37Meanwhile, at least three people were killed in a Russian missile and drone strike on Kiev

00:41in the early hours of Saturday morning.

00:44The city's military administration said three people were injured in the attack.

00:49The statement said the air force shot down two missiles and 24 drones.

00:54A water supply pipeline was also damaged and a metro station was closed.

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