As a result of repatriation efforts, the bodies of 501 fallen defenders have been returned to Ukraine. This was reported on Telegram by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
Among the repatriated bodies are 382 of Ukraine's defenders who died in the Avdiivka area, 56 fallen soldiers from the Bakhmut area, 45 from the Marinka area, 6 from the Vuhledar area, 4 from Zaporizhzhia, and 7 from the Luhansk area.
Additionally, one body was recovered from a morgue on Russian territory.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine will transport the repatriated bodies and remains to designated state institutions, after which law enforcement agencies together with forensic experts will establish the identities of the deceased. Once identified, the bodies of the defenders will be handed over to their families for dignified burial.
The return of the fallen defenders was made possible through the cooperation of the Coordination Headquarters with the Security Service of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Office of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Persons Missing Under Special Circumstances, the Main Department of the State Emergency Service, and other security and defense sector entities of Ukraine.
The Coordination Headquarters expressed special gratitude to the International Committee of the Red Cross for its assistance in returning the bodies of the fallen soldiers.
