Moscow (Brussels morning newspaper) – On Sunday, Russia delivered another 1,200 bodies or Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war to Ukraine, according to Russian state news agencies. They reported that Russia had not received a single Russian corpse in return.
Both Tass and Ria, the Russian state news agencies, reported the delivery of the anonymous source. This marks the fourth transfer of the remains of the soldiers last week, after an agreement between Russia and Ukraine that reached conversations in Istanbul earlier this month.
How many exchanges have occurred between both sides?
The remains of 27 Russian and 1,212 Ukrainian military personnel have been sent to kyiv by Moscow, according to a statement made previously by the Russian presidential assistant Vladimir Medinsky, who is in charge of the nations team in negotiations.
In addition to exchanging up to 6,000 corpses, Kyiv and Moscow also agreed to exchange water prisoners under 25 years of age and those who were seriously injured or sick.
Russia claims to have returned the bodies of almost 5,000 members of the Ukrainian service to Ukraine, but has only informed having received 27 Russian military in return. Ukraine and Russia have completed three exchanges of war prisoners, but the exact numbers have not been made public.
On Monday, June 9, the first group of Russian military under 25 years of age returned to Russia, according to Tass. On June 10, a plane that transported the second contingent of troops landed in Russia. Now everyone will obtain therapy and rehabilitation. Russia has always given Ukraine the same number of prisoners of war.
What was significantly on the exchange of May 2025?
In the last week of May 2025, the first significant exchange of prisoners was completed between Russia and Ukraine as part of the recent peace conversations. The two parties had one leg capable of initiating some agreements through direct negotiations in Istanbul, along with some preliminary discussions in Jerusalem, where the two parties agreed to the number of prisoners who would be prior to the prervvvientes or as so as so as so as as as as as as as as if.
The initial exchange, called “The Great Exchange”, included the exchange of approximately 390 soldiers and civilians on each side. This is the largest exchange since the large -scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022. The approach of most exchanged prisoners were injured, injured seriously or under 25 years. Many of the Ukrainian detainees had been captive in Russia for more than three years and were defenders of Mariupol.
