Ukraine and Russia carry out a new exchange of soldiers’ bodies, according to kyiv

Ukraine announced on Wednesday a new exchange of bodies of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, including those of some defenders of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol.

“There was a new exchange of military bodies. They handed over 50 dead heroes to us,” announced the Ukrainian Ministry of Reintegration. “Among them 37 are from Azovstal,” he added.

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The exchange took place on the front line in the Zaporizhia region of southern Ukraine “under the 50-50 rule,” said the ministry, which announced last week the first exchange of 160 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers against 160 Russians.

The Azovstal Association of Relatives of Defenders announced on Tuesday that the bodies of their relatives had arrived in kyiv.

“Among the bodies, a third are those of the Azovstal defenders,” the association said on Telegram, adding that the relatives were waiting to be summoned for an identification procedure.

The last Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol, entrenched in the huge Azovstal steel plant, surrendered to Russian forces between May 16 and 20, after three months of intense fighting.

About 2,500 Ukrainian combatants are currently being held by the Russians, who intend to try them as war criminals.

Source: Elcomercio

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