Captain Dimitar Burlakov, a Bessarabian Bulgarian captured by Russian forces in Ukraine, has been released, bTV reported. The news was confirmed by his family.
The military man of Bulgarian origin was exchanged for Russian prisoners and is now in a military hospital in Ukraine. His family describes the incident as an “Easter miracle.”
Dimitar Burlakov survived after his MI-8 helicopter was shot down by a Russian missile near Mariupol, but was captured.
BLITZ recalls that family drama befell the former head of the Agency for Bulgarians Abroad.
Raina Mandjukova’s brother was captured in Crimea. She announced this on her personal Facebook profile, publishing an article in the publication Izmail City.
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