The Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced the first results of the work of French experts on the identification of unidentified victims in Bucha.
Irina Venediktova wrote about this on her Facebook.
"The French mission, together with Ukrainian experts, has worked on some of the DNA profiles of unidentified bodies and has already established 5 matches with family members looking for loved ones," Venediktov said.
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She said that 74 relatives of missing civilians handed over genetic material in Bucha to a French mission for DNA testing.
According to the Prosecutor General, the French experts arrived in Ukraine for 15 days, but have been working for a month. International support is crucial for our country in resisting russian aggression.
"Examinations and comparisons are ongoing, so further matches are plausible," Venediktov added.
French experts began examining the DNA of bodies in Bucha on May 3.
In April, the French Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office launched four investigations into war crimes against French citizens in Ukraine.
Since April 11, two French forensic experts and about 15 gendarmes have been working in Ukraine.