US EditionUkraine Received 20 Bodies Of Russian Soldiers In War Dead Exchanges, Zelenskyy Says
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that during recent repatriations with Moscow, Kyiv received at least 20 bodies that were identified as Russian soldiers rather than Ukrainian.
- The exchanges occurred following a June agreement between Ukraine and Russia to swap the bodies of 6,000 fallen soldiers each during talks in Istanbul.
- Zelenskyy accused Russia of not verifying the identities of bodies returned, suggesting Moscow may use these returns to obscure true Ukrainian losses.
- Mediazona and BBC Russian Service verified over 111,000 Russian soldier deaths, while Ukraine's General Staff reported over 1,010,000 Russian casualties since the invasion began in February 2022.
- Zelenskyy called for increased global pressure on Putin and urged Western partners to allocate 0.25 percent of GDP to boost Ukraine's domestic weapons production and defense industry.
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A few days ago there was an exchange of bodies of dead soldiers between Ukraine and Russia.More than 6,000 corpses from each side returned to their homelands in an exchange supervised by the Red Cross. But the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has revealed that among the bodies they have received, at least 20 are from Russian soldiers. "During the repatriations, it has already been confirmed that the bodies of 20 people who were handed o…
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'This lie is documented; some of the bodies even had Russian passports,' Ukrainian president says but does not specify location or timing of fallen soldiers' swap - Anadolu Ajansı
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