After months of uncertainty and anguish, the Mironenko family finally embraced their son, Oleksandr, who had been held captive as a prisoner of war. The reunion, deeply emotional and fraught with silent pain, revealed the heavy toll that captivity had levied on the young soldier. Though physically unharmed, Oleksandr’s eyes reflected the psychological scars of his ordeal-memories of harsh interrogations and isolation that continue to haunt him. His parents, while relieved…