The bodies of 212 fallen defenders have been returned to Ukraine

The Coordination Headquarters for Dealing with Prisoners of War reported this in Telegram.

"The bodies of fallen defenders, including those from the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, and Kharkiv directions, as well as from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, have been successfully returned to their homeland," the statement said.

The repatriation of the bodies was facilitated by the Coordination Headquarters for Dealing with Prisoners of War, the Ministry for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, the authorized representative for missing persons in cooperation with the Joint Center at the Security Service of Ukraine, the Department of Civil-Military Cooperation of the Armed Forces, other law enforcement agencies, departments, and international organizations.

The transfer of the bodies of the fallen soldiers is carried out in accordance with the norms of the Geneva Conventions. The Armed Forces of Ukraine will transport the repatriated bodies and remains to designated state institutions. Representatives of law enforcement agencies and forensic medical experts will establish the identities of the deceased.

After identification, the bodies of the defenders will be handed over to their families for dignified burial.