Ukraine has returned the bodies of 503 fallen Ukrainian defenders from Russia.
This was reported by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
"As a result of repatriation measures, the bodies of 503 fallen defenders were returned to the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government. 403 - from the Donetsk sector, 12 - from the Luhansk sector, 57 - from the Zaporizhzhya sector. Thirty-one dead have been returned from morgues in the Russian Federation," the statement said.
Together with the expert institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the deceased will be identified as soon as possible.
- In late November, Ukraine returned the bodies of 502 fallen defenders.