Russia has concluded the delivery to Ukraine of the bodies of 6,060 Ukrainian military fallen in combatas part of the recently reached agreements in Istanbul. This was reported on Monday by the head of the Russian negotiator group, Vladimir Medianskithrough a statement on Telegram.
“Russia fulfilled the promises given in Istanbul: The bodies of 6,060 officers and soldiers of the Ukraine Armed Forces were delivered to the Ukrainian part, “Medinski said.
For its part, Ukraine has returned the bodies of 78 Russian soldiers. The exchange process also includes a extinguisher of prisoners under the format of “all for all”centered on soldiers children under 25 yearsas well as those injured o seriously ill.
“The exchange of prisoners continues”Medianski added, who has also mentioned that they are being carried out “Urgent sanitary deliveries of serious injuries of the front line”.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has confirmed the delivery of the bodies and has announced that He is willing to return “another 2,239 bodies of Ukrainian military” In the next few days. The deliveries began last week with a, a complex logistics operation in full active war.
In addition to the exchange of bodies, Both sides have launched prisonersallowing the return of an un specified number of injured or young combatants to their respective countries.
The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, said Friday that the next steps will be defined once the current exchanges are concluded. Meanwhile, his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, said during a Telephone conversation with former US president Donald Trump that Russia is willing to continue negotiations with Ukraine after June 22.
