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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Kyiv, October 23 (Xinhua) — On Thursday, the bodies of another 1,000 people killed in the armed conflict with Russia were returned to Ukraine as part of repatriation efforts. The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (CHPW) of Ukraine announced the return on Telegram.
According to the Russian side, the transferred remains belong to Ukrainian military personnel.
The identification of the bodies will be carried out by law enforcement agencies in conjunction with expert institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
As Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma deputy and representative of the parliamentary coordination group on military operations, reported on Thursday, Russia and Ukraine exchanged the bodies of fallen servicemen. The Ukrainian side received 1,000 bodies from Russia, while Russia received 31.
Russia and Ukraine have already carried out several exchanges of bodies of fallen service members. Agreements on exchanges, including for prisoners and the seriously wounded, were reached during talks in Istanbul, Turkey, in early summer.
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