(Al Jazeera Media Network) Russia and Ukraine have exchanged the bodies of more than 1,000 soldiers who have fallen in battle. Ukrainian authorities have said.
The vast majority of the bodies were received by Ukraine from Russia, while the bodies of 24 Russian soldiers were handed over by Ukraine.
“Repatriation measures took place today. 1,000 bodies, which according to the Russian side belong to Ukrainian servicemen, have been returned to Ukraine,” the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on Telegram on Thursday.
Since the war between Ukraine and Russia began in February 2022, the repatriation of soldiers’ bodies and the exchange of prisoners are rare areas of co-operation between the two countries.
The exchange of bodies was mediated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to Ukraine’s “I Want to Find” project.
Tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed on both sides since Russia’s invasion. However, neither Kyiv or Moscow regularly publishes data on their own casualties.
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