The body of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in captivity in Russia, was not returned to Ukraine during repatriation on November 8. This was reported to Suspilne by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, UNN reports.
The Coordination Center noted that on November 8, the bodies of 563 Ukrainian soldiers were returned. The news did not mention any civilians.
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In particular, we managed to repatriate 320 bodies of defenders killed in the Donetsk sector and 89 fallen soldiers from the Bakhmut sector. We also managed to return 154 bodies from morgues in Russia.
Earlier, the head of the Committee on Freedom of Speech of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Yaroslav Yurchyshyn said that the Russians were delaying the transfer of the body of journalist Viktoria Roshchyna to Ukraine.