Ukraine has returned the bodies of 140 fallen defenders. After identification, the bodies will be handed over to the families for a decent burial. This was announced by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.
In particular, 112 bodies of defenders who fought in the Donetsk sector, 20 fallen soldiers in the Luhansk sector, 5 bodies of defenders from the Sumy sector, 2 fallen soldiers from the Zaporizhzhia sector and one from the Kherson sector were repatriated.
The Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will transport the repatriated bodies and remains to designated state institutions.
Representatives of law enforcement agencies and forensic experts will identify the dead. After identification, the bodies of the fallen soldiers will be handed over to their families for a decent burial.
The fallen were returned thanks to the cooperation of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War with the Joint Centre of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Special Circumstances, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Central Military Command), the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, and other representatives of the security and defence sector of Ukraine.