Russia Repatriates Bodies Of 757 Soldiers To Ukraine
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The bodies of 757 Ukrainian soldiers have been repatriated by the Russian side, the responsible coordination staff announced in Kiev on Friday.
Of these, 451 were killed in the fighting near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, and 137 on the front line south of the city of Zaporizhzhya.
Other bodies came from the front lines of Bakhmut, Vuhledar and Luhansk, while 34 dead were returned from mortuaries on Russian territory.
No information was provided on the return of the bodies of Russian soldiers to Moscow.
The International Committee of the Red Cross is said to have supported the operation.
The Kiev headquarters thanked the Ukrainian military personnel who transported their comrades’ bodies to forensic medicine units for identification.
Russia has been waging war on Ukraine for almost three years. The exact number of soldiers killed on both sides is not known. In December, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy spoke of 43,000 dead, but this figure is considered an underestimate.
According to a report in the New York Times, internet activists have counted more than 60,000 confirmed deaths for Ukraine. However, the actual figure is thought to be higher than this, at more than 100,000.
The BBC’s Russian service and the Mediazona portal say 90,000 people have been confirmed dead in Ukraine. However, because not all cases become known through death notices and funerals, the actual number is thought to be closer to 150,000.
Dpa International
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on Jan 25 2025. Filed under International, National.
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