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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Kyiv, January 29 (Xinhua) — Ukraine and Russia conducted the first exchange of bodies this year on Thursday. Petro Andryushchenko, head of the Ukrainian Center for the Study of the Occupation, announced this on Telegram.
According to him, Ukraine received the remains of 1,000 people and handed over the bodies of 38 victims to the Russian Federation.
Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War later confirmed the exchange of remains with Russia on Thursday.
The headquarters noted that, according to the Russian side, the 1,000 bodies handed over to Kyiv belong to Ukrainian servicemen. However, this information will be verified by law enforcement agencies in conjunction with expert institutions of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict, Kyiv and Moscow have regularly exchanged the remains of the fallen. The previous exchange took place in December of last year.
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