The bodies of 502 dead Ukrainian soldiers were returned to Ukraine, the coordination headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war reported on Friday .
As a result of the repatriation measures carried out, the bodies of 502 fallen defenders were returned to the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine
From among the returned fallen defenders of Ukraine:
- 397 from Donetsk direction;
- 24 from Luhansk direction;
- 64 from Zaporizhia direction;
- 17 dead people were returned from morgues on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The fallen defenders of Ukraine were returned as a result of the joint work of the staff of the coordination headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war, the Central Directorate of civil-military cooperation of the General Staff of the armed forces of Ukraine, the Joint Center of the security service of Ukraine, the Ministry of internal affairs of Ukraine, The Office of the Commissioner for human rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for persons missing under special circumstances, the state emergency service of Ukraine, and other structures of the security and defense sector of Ukraine.
The headquarters also expressed gratitude for the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross.