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Ukraine Receives 252 Bodies In Swap With Russia
Russia and Ukraine said the exchange was one of the few remaining direct contacts since the 2022 invasion.
- 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 returns bodies of 252 Ukrainian military personnel, while Kyiv returns 23 Russian servicemen
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Somber Exchange at the Border
Russia and Ukraine exchanged the bodies of their war dead along the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. Russia returned 252 corpses to Ukraine, while receiving 23 from Ukraine. The swap highlights the ongoing human toll of conflict as reported by Belarusian state news agency BELTA.
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