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Hans India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Russia transfers bodies of over 6,000 soldiers to Ukraine
Moscow: Russia has transferred the bodies of 6,060 fallen soldiers to Ukraine, Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky said on Monday. Russia agreed to return the bodies of 6,000 fallen Ukrainian soldiers after Russia-Ukraine talks held in Istanbul on June 2. According to Medinsky, Russia has received the bodies of 78 Russian soldiers from the Ukrainian side, Xinhua news agency reported. "Prisoner exchanges continue. Arrangements have also been established regarding the exchange of severely wounded servicemen from the frontline," Medinsky, also Russia's chief negotiator at the talks with the Ukrainian side, wrote on Telegram. Earlier on June 13, Ukraine brought home the bodies of 1,200 fallen soldiers as part of another stage of a swap deal with Russia. The repatriation was carried out in line with agreements reached by the two parties in Turkey's Istanbul last week, said Ukraine's Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. "Law enforcement investigators, in cooperation with expert institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will conduct all necessary examinations and identify the repatriated bodies," the agency said. Last week, Moscow said that it was ready to hand over the bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, and had been waiting for the Ukrainian side for several days at the border, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Peskov said he hoped that the bodies of fallen Russian soldiers would also be transferred in the near future. "There is no final understanding, contact is being made, numbers are being compared," he said, noting that as soon as there is an understanding, Moscow hopes the exchange of dead bodies will take place. Earlier on June 12, Ukraine and Russia also carried out the second phase of a prisoner exchange involving seriously ill and severely wounded captives, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had said on Telegram that servicemen from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the National Guard and the State Border Guard Service were among those released. Meanwhile, the Russian Defence Ministry said another group of Russian servicemen had returned from Ukrainian captivity and were receiving necessary medical and psychological assistance in Belarus. On June 9, Ukraine and Russia had carried out the first stage of a prisoner exchange following agreements reached in Istanbul.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
New stage of prisoner swap completed: some released Ukrainian soldiers had been considered missing – photos, videos
Under the Istanbul agreements, another group of severely wounded and seriously ill service members were brought back to Ukraine from Russian captivity on 12 June. Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X (Twitter); Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War Quote from Zelenskyy: "Today, warriors of our Armed Forces, National Guard and Border Guard Service are back home. They all require medical treatment, and they will certainly receive the care they need. This is already the second stage of bringing back severely wounded and seriously ill warriors." Details: Those released are members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, particularly the Air Assault Forces, Navy, Air Force, Territorial Defence Forces, Unmanned Systems Forces, State Border Guard Service and the National Guard of Ukraine. Among those freed are defenders of Mariupol who had been held in captivity for over three years. All those released are men, ranked as privates and sergeants. The new stage of the 66th prisoner exchange on 12 June. Photo: Zelenskyy on social media The new stage of the 66th prisoner exchange on 12 June. Photo: Coordination Headquarters Some of the Ukrainian soldiers released on Thursday had previously been considered missing in action. The freed soldiers fought on the Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk fronts. The defenders will undergo the necessary medical examinations, receive physical and psychological rehabilitation support and be granted all payments due to them for the entire duration of their captivity. Background: At the negotiations in Istanbul on 2 June, Ukraine and Russia agreed on a 6,000-for-6,000 exchange of bodies of fallen soldiers. The Ukrainian and Russian delegations also agreed on the all-for-all exchange involving severely wounded and young service members aged between 18 and 25. On 9 June, the first group of released servicemen under the age of 25 returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity as part of the first stage of the 66th prisoner exchange. On 10 June, Ukraine brought back from Russian captivity a group of defenders who had suffered severe injuries and have serious health conditions. On 11 June, the bodies of 1,212 fallen defenders were brought back to Ukraine as a result of repatriation efforts. The Coordination Headquarters emphasised that, for security reasons, the exact number of released service members will be announced after the completion of the exchange process. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
