Russia and Ukraine exchanged the remains of 952 fallen soldiers, officials from both countries stated Friday.Vladimir Rogov, a pro-Kremlin activist in the partly inhabited Zaporizhzhia area, stated Russia received the bodies of 43 soldiers.
Russian legislator Shamsail Saraliyev validated the exchange and the figure to the RBC news website.Ukraines Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said it got 909 bodies, including that the soldiers had actually passed away in combat in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk areas, as well as in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.Law enforcement detectives, together with expert institutions of the Interior Ministry, will establish the identity of the victims as quickly as possible, the Ukrainian agency said.Rogov claimed the disparity in exchange numbers shown Ukraines gigantic losses on the battlefield.Fridays exchange marks the seventh swap because last October involving a minimum of 500 Ukrainian soldiers.Despite the ongoing war, detainee exchanges and the repatriation of soldiers stays remain amongst the couple of areas of cooperation in between Moscow and Kyiv.