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Russia hands over remains of 1,000 Ukrainian service personnel, Kyiv says
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Posted on September 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Ukraine received 1,000 soldier remains from Russia in a recent exchange, part of ongoing efforts to identify war casualties since the 2022 invasion.
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine has received the remains of 1,000 service personnel killed in the war that began with Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion during its latest exchange with Russia, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.
More than 7,000 mostly unidentified bodies have been brought to Ukraine in recent months in multiple exchanges, a result of talks between the two sides in Istanbul earlier this year.
In a statement, Kyiv's coordinating council for prisoners of war said officials would work on identifying the bodies.
(Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
Ukraine has received the remains of 1,000 service personnel killed in the war.
More than 7,000 mostly unidentified bodies have been brought to Ukraine in recent months.
Kyiv's coordinating council for prisoners of war stated that officials would work on identifying the bodies.
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