reporter: the russians kept him alive so they could exchange him for their own. translator: there were two of us bedridden so we had to be fed by nurses, so they would say because of you my son got killed. i tried to be understanding, but they were accusing us of things we never did and we had russian news read to us all the time in the morning and evening. that was a lot of pressure on the mind, a distortion of reality. on april the 27th, the exchange happened, and he was put on a plane. his pelvis crushed, his lower jaw broken, brain concussed, but he can still feel his legs. translator: and i also have problems with my eyes because of constant bright flashes and dust, so at first they were glazed. then they opened. for now i still can t see with my left, and my right only
his pelvis crushed, his lower jaw broken, brain concussed, but he can still feel his legs. translator: and i also have problems with my eyes. because of constant bright flashes and dust. so at first they were glazed. then they opened. for now, i still can t see with my left. and my right only silhouettes. my body was broken, but not my spirit. my doctor says i would be able to pick any new balance sneakers by autumn. that makes me happy. reporter: it is important to point out, while we heard multiple reports and seen russian bodies discarded around the battlefield, he pointed out ukraine will always try to get back its own, very much speaking from the sort of textbook there of the ukrainian military. but still, the focus today on how and who can be got out of the azovstal steel plant in mariupol, hundreds you say still trapped there, and the evacuations that have been getting under way in the last 24