Ukraine brings back bodies of 250 defenders – photos

The bodies of 250 fallen defenders have been brought back to Ukraine as a result of repatriation efforts. Source: Coordination Headquarters for Treatment of Prisoners of War Details: The authorities have brought back the bodies of fallen soldiers from the Luhansk, Bakhmut, Marinka, Avdiivka, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia fronts, as well as from the occupied cities of Mariupol and Horlivka in Donetsk Oblast and from morgues in the territory of Russia.

Photo: Coordination Headquarters for Treatment of Prisoners of War

The repatriation of the bodies was facilitated by the Coordination Headquarters for Treatment of the Prisoners of War, the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, the Commissioner for Persons Missing under Special Circumstances jointly with the United Centre under the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), the Central Directorate for Civil-Military Cooperation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and other security agencies, institutions and international organisations.

The transfer of the bodies is being carried out in accordance with the norms of the Geneva Conventions.

Photo: Coordination Headquarters for Treatment of Prisoners of War

The repatriated bodies and remains will be transferred to the relevant state institutions.

Representatives of law enforcement agencies and forensic experts will identify the fallen soldiers.

After identification, the bodies will be handed over to the soldiers' families for proper burial.

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