On its Telegram channel, Ukraine’s Ministry of Reintegration reported that the country received the bodies of 42 Ukrainian dead soldiers from the Russian Federation.
Missing Persons Commissioner Oleg Kotenko noted that the work on the swap has not stopped.
“Although the negotiation process is complex and lengthy, we are trying to speed it up. “We’re going to get everyone back,” he said.
Ukrainian officials also announced that since Kotenko’s appointment, the country has returned the bodies of 869 dead soldiers.
maxim declarationThat a special program was launched for the “repatriation of prisoners of war to their Ukrainian families” in the camp on the Dnieper.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for help from the heads of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.