The AP all-formats team worked sources and used their expertise on Russia and the Ukraine to document a major prisoner exchange that freed 35 detainees, producing photos, live video and text ahead of the competition.
Smart planning, sourcing puts AP ahead on Russia/Ukraine prisoner swap
Relatives of Ukrainian prisoners freed by Russia greet the released prisoners upon their arrival at Boryspil airport, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Planes carrying prisoners freed in the exchange by Russia and Ukraine landed almost simultaneously at Vnukovo airport in Moscow and at Boryspil.
AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky