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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, June 11 /Xinhua/ — Russia has handed over 1,212 bodies of dead Ukrainian servicemen to Ukraine and received 27 bodies of dead servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces, Russian presidential aide and head of the Russian delegation at the talks with Ukraine Vladimir Medinsky said on Wednesday.
“The transfer of bodies of fallen soldiers has begun in accordance with the Istanbul agreements. We have transferred 1,212 bodies of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers to the Ukrainian side. 27 fallen soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces have been returned to us,” V. Medinsky wrote on his Telegram channel.
The transfer of the bodies of the dead servicemen is taking place in accordance with the agreement between Moscow and Kiev on humanitarian issues, which was reached during negotiations in Istanbul in early June. –0–