Ukraine repatriates more bodies of fallen soldiers in agreement with Russia

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Ukrainian officials accidental Ukraine has repatriated different 1,200 bodies successful enactment with an statement reached during bid talks successful Istanbul betwixt Russian and Ukrainian delegations

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine has repatriated much bodies of fallen soldiers successful enactment with an statement reached during peace talks successful Istanbul betwixt Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Ukrainian officials said Friday.

Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said successful a connection that Russia returned 1,200 bodies, and “according to the Russian side, the bodies beryllium to Ukrainian citizens, successful peculiar subject personnel.”

The repatriation of the bodies was carried retired with the assistance of Ukraine's Armed Forces, the country's Security Service, the Interior Ministry and different authorities agencies. Forensic experts volition present enactment to place the remains, the connection said.

The repatriation of the bodies marks 1 of the largest returns of remains since Russia launched a full-scale penetration of Ukraine much than 3 years ago. Earlier this week, Russia returned 1,212 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers and received 27 bodies of its ain killed troops.

The statement to speech prisoners of warfare and the bodies of fallen soldiers was the lone tangible result of the talks successful Istanbul that took spot June 2.

Russia and Ukraine conducted a POW swap connected Thursday that included severely wounded and gravely sick captives, though the sides did not study the numbers.

In summation to agreeing to speech POWs and bodies of fallen soldiers, the 2 sides traded memorandums astatine the talks that acceptable retired conditions for a ceasefire. However, the inclusion of clauses that both sides spot arsenic nonstarters marque immoderate speedy woody unlikely.

Despite discussions of a imaginable truce successful the war, Moscow’s forces successful caller days person launched waves of drones and missiles astatine Ukraine, with a grounds bombardment of astir 500 drones connected Monday and a question of 315 drones and 7 missiles overnight connected Tuesday.

Ukraine's aerial unit said Friday that Russia fired 55 Shahed and decoy drones and 4 ballistic missiles astatine Ukraine overnight. The aerial unit said aerial defenses neutralized 43 drones. There were nary contiguous reports of casualties oregon harm from the attack.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday that its aerial defenses downed 125 Ukrainian drones implicit respective Russian regions and the annexed Crimea precocious Thursday and aboriginal Friday.