A soldier was rescued from captivity; his brother and grandmother lost their lives in a missile strike on Kryvyi Rih (PHOTOS, VIDEO).

During the large prisoner exchange that took place on December 30, National Guard soldier Nikita Shaulsky returned home. His brother and grandmother were killed when a Russian missile struck their house in Kryvyi Rih on September 21, as reported by "Vydomo".

Nikita has been defending Mariupol since the first day of the war, and his parents are also serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the time of the missile strike, they were not in Kryvyi Rih.