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Kyiv Says Russia Has Returned 1,245 Bodies Under Exchange Deal

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June 17, 2025

Russia has returned 1,245 bodies to Ukraine, Kyiv said on June 16, in the final stage of a deal to repatriate more than 6,000 dead Ukrainian soldiers agreed at peace talks in June.

KYIV —

Russia and Ukraine reached a deal on a large-scale exchange of prisoners of war and bodies of killed soldiers, the only visible result from two rounds of direct talks in the Turkish city of Istanbul earlier this month.

"Another 1,245 bodies returned to Ukraine — repatriation part of Istanbul agreements has been completed," the government agency coordinating the repatriation said.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said on Facebook that Kyiv has received more than 6,000 bodies in total over the past week.

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