Published: 09:28, June 17, 2025 | Updated: 09:44, June 17, 2025
Russia transfers bodies of over 6,000 soldiers to Ukraine
By Xinhua

This handout photograph released on June 15, 2025 by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War shows employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross unload what are reported to be the bodies of Ukrainian citizens, including military personnel, returned by Russia, from a refrigerator carriage at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (HANDOUT/ COORDINATION HEADQUARTERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR VIA AFP) 

MOSCOW - Russia has transferred the bodies of 6,060 fallen soldiers to Ukraine, Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky said Monday.

Russia agreed to return the bodies of 6,000 fallen Ukrainian soldiers after Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul on June 2.

According to Medinsky, Russia has received the bodies of 78 Russian soldiers from the Ukrainian side.

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"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.