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Nazar Daletskyi was declared dead and buried in 2023 after a DNA match, but was released from Russian detention nearly three years later, prompting exhumation and fresh forensic tests and leaving his family and officials seeking answers.

Nazar Daletskyi was declared dead in May 2023 after officials said DNA matched remains returned to his family.
He was buried in Velykyi Doroshiv and his mother visited the grave weekly until he was freed from Russian captivity almost three years later.
A viral mobile-phone video captured the moment his mother heard his voice for the first time since the funeral.
The grave was exhumed and the remains sent for repeat DNA testing to determine whose body was originally buried.
Nazar is in a Ukrainian rehabilitation centre, has reported beatings in captivity, and authorities are investigating the misidentification.

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