The bodies of 64 Ukrainian personnel killed in the war have been returned in an exchange with Russia, Ukraine's Coordinating Agency for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported on October 6. "Today, the Ukrainian side managed to bring back the bodies of 64 fallen defenders of Ukraine to the territory under the control of the government," the agency said in a message on Telegram. Ukraine handed over an unspecified number of bodies of dead Russian soldiers, it said. Last month, the bodies of 51 Ukrainian soldiers were returned. Since the beginning of the war, the agency says the bodies of almost 1,900 Ukrainian soldiers have been repatriated. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.
Ukraine Repatriates Bodies Of 64 Fallen Combatants
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