US EditionUkraine says 1,003 bodies of fallen soldiers return home
Under Istanbul agreements, Russia returned 1,003 Ukrainian bodies while receiving 26 Russian ones, continuing rare cooperation amid ongoing conflict, officials said.
- Vladimir Medinsky said Friday that Russia and Ukraine exchanged the bodies of 1,003 soldiers, with Russia returning 1,003 Ukrainian bodies and receiving 26 Russian remains, accompanied by Coordination Headquarters imagery showing Red Cross workers.
- During the 2025 Istanbul talks, Moscow and Kyiv agreed to exchange the bodies of 6,000 soldiers each, marking one of the few cooperation areas since the February 2022 invasion with returns rising after early 2025 talks.
- Images published by the Coordination Headquarters depict people in white hazmat suits around refrigerated trucks, while the International Committee of the Red Cross helped repatriation and Ukrainian law enforcement and Interior Ministry units will identify the bodies.
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Russia sends 1,000 fallen soldiers' bodies to Ukraine
“In the context of the Istanbul agreements, the bodies of 1,000 dead personnel were handed over to Ukraine. Russia received the bodies of 26 Russian soldiers killed in action,” Medinsky wrote on his Telegram channel this Friday. Russia and Ukraine previously agreed to continue medical exchanges of seriously wounded or sick soldiers. Moscow reported that it is ready to send 3,000 other bodies of deceased soldiers to Kiev. Additionally, Russian au…
Ukraine has recovered the bodies of more than 1,000 soldiers from Russia.
The Ukrainian Centre for Prisoners of War said Ukraine received 1,003 Ukrainian troops, while Moscow reported that it had received the deaths of 26 Russian soldiers.
Once again, the bodies of soldiers killed in the Ukraine war are returned to their homeland. Kiev is getting more dead than Russia.
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