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All Ukrainian Hostages Safe After 12-hour Standoff

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   Ukraine officials say all hostages have been freed and their assailant
   is in custody following a 12-hour bus stand-off that ended after
   President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke by phone with the suspect.

   Shortly after the call, Zelenskiy posted a brief video message on his
   Facebook page to urge Ukrainians to watch "Earthlings," a 2005 American
   documentary exposing humanity's cruel exploitation of animals, as the
   hostage-taker had wanted.

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