US EditionUkraine says repatriation of war dead over after 1,245 more bodies received from Russia
- On June 16, 2025, Ukraine received 1,245 bodies of fallen soldiers from Russia, marking the final stage of repatriation under Istanbul agreements.
- The final transfer was carried out as part of an extensive prisoner and body exchange agreement reached during negotiations held in Istanbul on June 2, 2025.
- Since last week, when the Istanbul agreements began implementing, Ukraine repatriated over 6,000 bodies, while prisoner exchanges have also continued.
- Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced that the process of returning the bodies of deceased soldiers is approaching completion, and emphasized that Ukraine is fully complying with the agreed exchange conditions.
- The completion of this repatriation phase emphasizes ongoing challenges, as Russia resists a comprehensive swap and the fight to recover prisoners continues.
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For the past week, more than 6,000 Ukrainian bodies have been handed over to Kyiv. In the absence of a ceasefire, the two countries had agreed at the beginning of June on the exchange of military personnel.
Ukraine says repatriation of war dead over after 1,245 more bodies received from Russia
Ukraine received another 1,245 bodies of its soldiers killed in the war with Russia on Monday in the final stage of the repatriation of remains agreed at talks in Istanbul, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukraine announced on Monday that it had received 1245 remains of people killed in the war between the two countries from Russia.
Ukraine received 6,057 bodies since the 2nd of June. In contrast, Moscow received 78 bodies from Kiev, says Mindinsky, adding that the exchanges of prisoners continue.
Russia has handed over to Ukraine other bodies of soldiers killed in the war. This concludes the repatriation of corpses agreed upon during negotiations in Istanbul, the Ukrainian government said.
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