These strangers, ranging from 22 to 70 years in age, with jobs that included fireman, nurse, journalist, prison warden and soldier, complied with Dominique Pelicot's instructions.

In a mountainous village of post-war Italy, a taciturn Sicilian soldier hides out after deserting the army.

While filming with the Jordanian army on their desert border with Syria, we saw how the soldiers had reinforced their fences and learned about their comrades who had been killed in shoot-outs with Captagon smugglers.

In October this year, nine captured Ukrainian soldiers were reportedly shot dead by Russian forces in Kursk region.

The deal would include an exchange of 20 Palestinian prisoners for every female soldier released in the first of three stages of the ceasefire.