As a result of repatriation activities, the bodies of another 1,200 dead soldiers have been returned to Ukraine.
This was reported by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
“Today, as part of the agreements in Istanbul, the next stage of repatriation activities took place. Ukraine received another 1,200 bodies, which, according to the Russian side, belong to Ukrainian citizens, including military personnel,” the statement said.
In the near future, law enforcement investigators, together with the expert institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will carry out all necessary examinations and identify the repatriated bodies.
The repatriation measures were carried out as a result of the joint work of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the Joint Centre under the Security Service of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Special Circumstances, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, and other structures of the Security and Defence Sector of Ukraine.
