Ukraine recovered one other 1,200 our bodies following the most recent spherical of repatriation efforts, following agreements with Russia in Istanbul, the Coordination Headquarters for the Remedy of Prisoners of Warfare mentioned on June 15.
The final repatriation occurred on June 14 when the our bodies of 1,200 fallen Ukrainians got again. Earlier than that, 2,412 our bodies have been returned on June 13 and June 11 respectively, following the talks in Istanbul on June 2.
Regulation enforcement investigations and establishments from Ukraine’s Inside Ministry will look at and establish the our bodies within the close to future, the coordination headquarters mentioned. The our bodies reportedly embrace navy personnel.
The repatriation operation was coordinated by the Coordination Headquarters for the Remedy of Prisoners of Warfare alongside the Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Ombudsman’s Workplace, the Armed Forces, the Inside Ministry, and different authorities and protection our bodies. The Worldwide Committee of the Crimson Cross additionally supplied help through the course of.
Whereas the Istanbul talks didn’t foster a ceasefire, each side agreed to new POW exchanges. Ukraine has lengthy pushed for an "all-for-all"prisoner change to deliver residence all Ukrainian captives, however Moscow has resisted such a complete deal.
After the talks, Russia mentioned it will switch 6,000 our bodies to Ukraine, together with troopers and officers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned Ukraine would wish to test the our bodies that Russia is prepared to return, as solely 15% of the 6,000 have been recognized.
"We had situations once they returned our bodies that later have been recognized as their very own," Zelensky mentioned on June 2.
The Kyiv IndependentOlena Goncharova