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Posted on June 13, 2025
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Ukraine has repatriated 1,200 soldiers' bodies from Russia, part of ongoing exchanges of prisoners and the deceased amid the conflict.
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Friday it had received the bodies of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war with Russia as part of agreements to exchange both prisoners of war and the dead.
"According to the Russian side, the bodies belong to Ukrainian citizens, including military personnel," the prisoner exchange coordination committee said on Telegram, adding that experts will conduct identification tests.
The committee released pictures of people in white protective suits with a logo of the International Committee of the Red Cross at an undisclosed location, standing and walking near railway carriages.
Earlier this week, Ukraine repatriated another 1,212 bodies of its servicemen killed in the war, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Kyiv and Moscow have agreed to each hand over as many as 6,000 bodies and to exchange sick and heavily wounded prisoners of war and those aged under 25.
Ukraine and Russia have conducted three exchanges of POWs this week but not disclosed exact numbers.
(Reporting by Olena Harmash; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
Ukraine repatriated the bodies of 1,200 soldiers killed in the war with Russia.
Kyiv and Moscow have agreed to exchange as many as 6,000 bodies, along with sick and heavily wounded prisoners of war.
The International Committee of the Red Cross was present during the repatriation, as indicated by the protective suits worn by the experts.
The war began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Yes, Ukraine and Russia conducted three exchanges of prisoners of war this week, although the exact numbers were not disclosed.
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