Thirty-two Ukrainians returned home on Tuesday as part of a prisoner-of-war exchange with Russia, a senior Ukrainian official said, according to Reuters.

“Among those released are officers, sergeants and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. All of them were in places where fierce battles were fought. Many of these people were considered missing,” wrote Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Andriy Yermak. president on the Telegram messaging app.

Yermak noted that Ukraine also received the body of Israeli citizen Dmytro Fialka, who, according to Yermak, volunteered to fight for Ukraine.

Yermak said that the deceased Israeli had been living in Ukraine for the past two years, working as a coach of the Dynamo club’s children’s football team, the Jerusalem Post reports.

“He fought for Ukraine, was here when he met his love – the woman with whom he had children. He went to the front as a volunteer,” he said.