Today, the Russian side handed over another 1,200 bodies to Ukraine," said Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov. "Ahead is an important and responsible stage of identification.

The exchange stems from the Istanbul talks deal, but Russia claims Ukraine is not upholding its part of the agreement.

Ukraine and Russia have completed an exchange of dead bodies - the final stage of a deal to bring home fallen soldiers. Kyiv said Moscow handed over 1,245 bodies on Monday, bringing the total to 6,057 ...

Russia has returned another 1,200 bodies it says belong to Ukrainians killed in the war, Ukrainian authorities said, while fighting continued and Russia claimed it seized control of a village in ...

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Friday it had received the bodies of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war with Russia as part of agreements to exchange both prisoners of war and the dead.

Russia has handed over the bodies of its dead soldiers to Ukraine during a war dead exchange, ... Ukraine received another 1,200 bodies of the fallen.

Ukraine has received the bodies of another 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war with Russia, as part of agreements to exchange both prisoners of war and the dead, Ukrainian officials said on ...

MOSCOW, June 13. /TASS/. Russia has handed another 1,200 bodies of Ukrainian servicemen to Ukraine on Friday, while Kiev has not handed over a single body to the Russian side, a TASS source reported.

This marks one of the largest returns of war dead since Russia launched its full-scale ... The Russian Defence ministry said that Moscow was ready to hand over another 2,239 bodies to Ukraine.

Another transfer of 1,200 bodies from Russia was received by Ukraine as part of an exchange agreement that was struck in Istanbul talks earlier this month, Ukrainian officials announced on Sunday.

MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine has received the bodies of another 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war with Russia, as part of agreements to exchange both prisoners of war and the dead ...