On Thursday, July 17, following the results of repatriation measures, the bodies of 1,000 killed were returned to Ukraine. In the future, the necessary examinations and identification of the repatriated bodies will be carried out. This is stated in the message of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
The Coordination Headquarters noted that, according to the russian side, the bodies transferred today belong to citizens of Ukraine, in particular military personnel.
Bodies of 1,000 killed were returned to Ukraine. Photo: Telegram/Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War
"Investigators of law enforcement agencies, together with expert institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will conduct all necessary examinations and identification of the repatriated bodies will be carried out," the Coordination Headquarters added.
Bodies of 1,000 killed were returned to Ukraine. Photo: Telegram/Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, during the second round of talks in Istanbul on June 2, russia and Ukraine agreed on new prisoner releases and the exchange of bodies of the killed.
Also, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that during one of the exchanges, the russians handed over the bodies of their soldiers along with the bodies of the killed Ukrainians. He provided evidence that the russian federation is planting the bodies of russian soldiers with the bodies of Ukrainians.
Klymenko also said that it will take at least 13-14 months to fully identify the bodies of the killed who were returned to Ukraine, given the complexity of the examination.
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