Larysa Ryndova zag haar 68-jarige man Serhiy na vierenhalf jaar weer terug in de door Rusland bezette Oekraïense stad Oleshky. Larysa was in 2022 naar Engeland gevlucht na het uitbreken van de oorlog.
In November 2026, Larysa Ryndova laid eyes on her husband 68-year-old Serhiy for the first time in four and a half years – time he had spent trapped with others in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky. They last saw each other in 2022 when Larysa, 72, fled to England to live with their son, three months into the occupation following Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine.