Russia, Ukraine plan to make first swap of done deal
(MENAFN) Russia and Ukraine have officially carried out their first exchange of dead servicemen’s bodies, following an agreement reached during peace talks held in Istanbul last week.
The meeting on June 2 marked the second round of negotiations between the two nations, following an earlier session on May 16. As part of the newly established terms, both parties committed to exchanging prisoners of war—with priority given to the youngest and most severely wounded—and to facilitating the repatriation of the remains of 6,000 soldiers from each side.
“As a result of the repatriation measures, the bodies of 1,212 fallen defenders were returned to Ukraine,” the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said in a statement on Telegram.
The remains returned to Ukraine reportedly include troops who served in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, as well as in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces carried out an incursion in August of the previous year.
In April, Russia announced that it had expelled Ukrainian troops from the Kursk area and subsequently taken control of several locations in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, which borders Kursk. Kyiv, however, disputed the claim of being completely pushed out, acknowledging only that the situation on the ground remains “difficult.”
The repatriation was made possible through coordinated efforts among various Ukrainian government agencies, with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross, which was acknowledged for its role in facilitating the operation.
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