Russia and Ukraine exchange more bodies of war dead, Kremlin aide says
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 11:38 | 17 July 2025
- Modified Date: 11:40 | 17 July 2025
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.
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