Russia and Ukraine exchange more bodies of war dead, Kremlin aide says

Russia and Ukraine exchange more bodies of war dead, at an unknown location

A handout picture shows lorries carrying what are said to be the bodies of fallen soldiers during a body exchange in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unknown location, in this picture released July 17, 2025. Presidential adviser and head of delegation for peace talks with Ukraine Vladimir Medinsky via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS

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Russia and Ukraine have exchanged more bodies of their war dead, a Kremlin aide said on Thursday, part of an agreement struck at the second round of peace talks in Istanbul in June.

Vladimir Medinsky, the head of Russia's delegation at those peace talks, said in a statement on Telegram that Moscow had handed over the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers and had received 19 bodies of its own fallen soldiers in return.

The RIA state news agency reported, citing a source, that Russia plans to return the bodies of 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers and that the exchange on Thursday was the beginning of that process.

The warring sides have carried out a series of swaps of captured troops and the remains of dead soldiers since renewing peace talks in Istanbul in May following a gap of more than three years.

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