Russia Returns 6,060 Ukrainian Bodies — Ukraine Hands Over 78 Russian Casualties - Presidential Aide
16:09 16.06.2025 (Updated: 16:20 16.06.2025)
© Photo : Russian Ministry of Defense / Go to the mediabankA convoy carrying the bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers has arrived at the exchange area.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has handed over to Ukraine 6,060 bodies of dead officers and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky said on Monday.
Urgent sanitary transfers of the seriously wounded soldiers from front line between Russia and Ukraine have been established, Medinsky said.
"A total of 6,060 bodies of dead officers and soldiers of the armed forces of Ukraine have been transferred to the Ukrainian side," Medinsky said on Telegram.
🚨🇷🇺RUSSIA RETURNS 6,060 UKRAINIAN BODIES — UKRAINE HANDS OVER 78 RUSSIAN CASUALTIES - Russia’s presidential aide Medinsky
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In return, Russia received bodies of 78 dead Russian servicepeople from Ukraine, Medinsky said.
The Ministry of Defence confirmed that Russia is ready to transfer 2,239 more fallen soldiers' bodies to Ukraine.
"At this stage, we are ready to transfer another 2,239 bodies of dead servicepeople of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Ukrainian side," the ministry said.