Ukraine retrieves over 1,200 fallen defenders

Among the returned "on the shield" are defenders who died in:

• the Kursk region;

• Kharkiv region;

• Luhansk region;

• Donetsk region;

• Zaporizhzhia region;

• Kherson region.

Photo: The bodies of 1,212 warriors were returned to Ukraine (t.me/Koord_shtab)

The fallen defenders were returned as a result of the joint work of the staff members of the Coordination Headquarters on the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the Security Service of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Office of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Missing Persons under Special Circumstances, the State Emergency Service, and other structures of Ukraine’s security and defense sector.

The Coordination Headquarters also noted the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

First, the bodies of the servicemen will be handed over to representatives of law enforcement agencies, and forensic medical examination will be done to identify the deceased.

Military exchange

During the second round of negotiations in Istanbul on June 2, Ukraine and the Russian Federation agreed on a large-scale exchange of prisoners. It concerns the exchange of all severely wounded and seriously ill prisoners of war, as well as all military personnel aged from 18 to 25 years.

The parties also agreed on the return of 6,000 bodies of fallen soldiers from each side.

Thus, on June 9, Ukraine and the Russian Federation conducted a new exchange. The number of returned servicemen was not reported. But it is known that among those who were returned were the wounded and severely wounded, as well as those under the age of 25.

Yesterday, on June 10, the second stage of the exchange took place. Severely wounded and wounded warriors returned home.