Ukraine Receives 252 Bodies In Swap With Russia
Law enforcement and forensic experts will identify the remains before Ukraine returns them to families, officials said, after the latest repatriation exchange.
- On Thursday, Russia and Ukraine exchanged the remains of 275 soldiers killed during the war at the Novaya Guta border crossing in Belarus, maintaining a rare direct communication channel between the nations.
- United Russia State Duma lawmaker Shamsail Saraliyev confirmed Russia handed over 252 bodies to Ukrainian authorities, while Ukraine returned 23 bodies in the exchange.
- Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War stated, "As a result of repatriation measures, the bodies of 252 deceased persons have been returned to Ukraine," with International Committee of the Red Cross assistance.
- Police and other officials will "conduct all necessary examinations and identify the repatriated bodies," while the Ukrainian military credited search teams for working despite drone strikes and remote mining.
- Repatriations remain one of the few direct communication channels since President Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion in 2022; during the previous exchange on Aug. 13, Russia received 24 fallen soldiers and Ukraine received 261.
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Russia and Ukraine exchanged the bodies of those killed in the war between the two countries on Monday, the Belarusian state news agency BelTA reported, quoted by Reuters, BTA reports. Moscow handed over at least 252 bodies, and Kiev – 23, with the exchange taking place on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. This brings the total number of remains exchanged between the warring countries since the beginning of the year to more than 4,800, Agence Fra…
Ukraine Recovers Remains of 252 Soldiers in Latest Body Exchange
Ukraine has repatriated the bodies of 252 fallen citizens, primarily military personnel, following a coordinated exchange effort, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported.
Russia and Ukraine on Thursday exchanged the bodies of fallen military personnel, according to officials from both sides.
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