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15 Jun 2025, 15:55 GMT+10
The transfer happened in line with the agreements reached in Istanbul earlier this month
Moscow has handed over the bodies of another 1,200 fallen Ukrainian troops to Kiev, RT has learned. There have been several exchanges already between the two sides during the week.
The transfer reportedly happened in line with agreements reached during talks in Istanbul earlier this month, sources told RT on Sunday.
The sources added that Kiev had not returned any Russian troop remains in the latest exchange.
During the negotiations in Trkiye on June 2, delegations from Moscow and Kiev agreed to carry out a series of prisoner swaps, focusing primarily on seriously injured, ill, and younger POWs. Russia also unilaterally decided to repatriate the bodies of more than 6,000 slain Ukrainian troops on humanitarian grounds.
POW swaps between the sides have taken place on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, with neither Moscow nor Kiev officially disclosing the number of prisoners they handed over and received.
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