Ukraine returned the bodies of 212 fallen defenders

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As a result of repatriation activities, the bodies of 212 fallen defenders were returned to Ukraine.

This was reported by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (CHPPW).

“We managed to return the bodies of the fallen Defenders to their native land, in particular from the Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Luhansk and Kharkiv directions, as well as from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine (TOT), ” the report says.

It is noted that the repatriation of the bodies took place with the assistance of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the Ministry of Reintegration, the Commissioner for Missing Persons in cooperation with the Joint Center under the SBU, the Central Military Commissioner for the Treatment of Prisoners of War … The Armed Forces of Ukraine, other security agencies, departments and international organizations.

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

Return of the bodies of fallen heroes

The last exchange of bodies of the dead took place on March 15. Then Ukraine returned 100 fallen defenders.

The return of the bodies of fallen defenders became known for the first time since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in June 2022, when Ukraine and Russia conducted an exchange in the “160 for 160” format.