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Russia and Ukraine exchange more bodies of war dead, Kremlin aide says

Reuters WORLD
Published July 17,2025
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Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky (EPA Photo)

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged more bodies of their war dead, a Kremlin aide said on Thursday, part of an agreement struck at June talks in Istanbul.

Vladimir Medinsky, the head of Russia's delegation at those peace talks, said in a statement on Telegram that Moscow had handed over the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers and had received 19 bodies of its own fallen soldiers in return.