Ukraine turned back the bodies of 502 military servicemen who died in war. These are the soldiers who took part in military operations on various fronts.
RBC-Ukraine reports about this in a message sent to the Coordination Headquarters for feeding the army in Telegram.
Ukraine was given away turn to the controlled territory of the fallen soldiers, among them:
- 397 military from Donetsk directly;
- 24 from Lugansk directly;
- 64 from Zaporizky directly;
- from morgues to territory of the Russian Federation turned 17 dead.
The Coordination Headquarters for the supply of military forces, the Central Directorate of Civilian-Military Special Forces, the General Staff of the ZSU, the SBU, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, The Office of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights, the Secretariat of the Supreme Court for Special Situations, the DSNS and other structures to the Security and Defense Sector of Ukraine.
The bodies of the dead soldiers will be immediately transferred law enforcement agencies and ship medical experts. This procedure is necessary to identify the identities of the dead.
Life exchanges
Varto recalls that at the beginning of a full-scale war, Ukraine and Russia conducted 58 life exchanges. It was possible to turn over 3.5 thousand Ukrainians from the Russian army.
The remaining exchange of troops took place on the night of the 19th. 95 Ukrainian troops returned home.
Earlier, Ukraine stated that it was ready for an exchange using the “all for all” formula. Russia ignores the initiative.
Read terms and important information about Russia’s war against Ukraine on the RBC-Ukraine channel in Telegram.