The day before, they were handed over by the Russian side.
Russia began to hand over the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen who < died at the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol, the Associated Press reported, citing Maxim Zhorin, an ex-commander of the Azov regiment, and Anna Golovko, a spokeswoman for the regiment.
Azovstal was transferred on June 4, during an exchange with the bodies of fallen soldiers . The bodies are currently in Kyiv, where DNA testing is underway to identify the remains.
A spokeswoman for the Azov Regiment, Anna Golovko, said that all 160 bodies of the Ukrainian military, the transfer of which was announced on June 4, were from the ruins of Azovstal. At least 52 of them are considered to be the remains of Azov Regiment fighters.
The brother of the Azov soldier who disappeared at the metallurgical plant told reporters that at least two trucks with Azovstal bodies had been taken to a military hospital in Kyiv for installation. persons. Some of the bodies of the dead were severely burned.
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We will remind, on Saturday, June 4, Ukraine reported the first since the beginning of war officially confirmed exchange of the lost military. It is noted that both sides exchanged a total of 320 bodies, each of which received 160 sets of remains. The exchange itself took place on Thursday at the front line in the Zaporizhia region.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, more than 2,500 Ukrainian Azovstal fighters are in Russian captivity . It was also previously reported that at least 177 civilians had surrendered with the military during a special evacuation operation at the plant.
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