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Moscow, June 16 /Xinhua/ — Russia has fulfilled the agreements reached in Istanbul and handed over to Ukraine 6,060 bodies of the killed servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), said Vladimir Medinsky, aide to the Russian president and head of the Russian delegation at the talks with Ukraine, on Monday.
“Russia has fulfilled the promises made in Istanbul: a total of 6,060 bodies of fallen officers and soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been handed over to the Ukrainian side,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
V. Medinsky also noted that the bodies of 78 dead Russian soldiers were received from the Ukrainian side.
This information was confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defense. As noted in the military department’s Telegram channel, Russia fulfilled the agreements by implementing a “large-scale humanitarian action.”
“We are ready at this stage to transfer another 2,239 bodies of deceased Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen to the Ukrainian side,” the Russian Defense Ministry added.
According to media reports, on June 11, Russia handed over 1,212 bodies of fallen soldiers to Ukraine, and from June 13 to 15, it handed over 1,200 bodies daily to Ukraine. –0–