Kyiv announced on Thursday that it has received from Russia a thousand bodies of people whom Moscow said were Ukrainian soldiers who died in combat. The Russian authorities handed over the remains, stating that they belong to servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This transfer is part of an agreement on the return of the dead. Ukrainian authorities expressed condolences to the families of the deceased and emphasized the importance of the body exchange process. This is a continuation of humanitarian initiatives between the two countries.
