Russia hands over remains of 1,000 Ukrainian service personnel, Kyiv says

In a statement, Kyiv's coordinating council for prisoners of war says officials will work on identifying the bodies

Staff members carry a body, repatriated in a swap agreed between Russia and Ukraine during talks in Istanbul earlier in Jun 2025, to a morgue amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Ukraine has received the remains of 1,000 service personnel killed in the war that began with Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion during its latest exchange with Russia, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.

More than 7,000 mostly unidentified bodies have been brought to Ukraine in recent months in multiple exchanges, a result of talks between the two sides in Istanbul earlier this year.

In a statement, Kyiv's coordinating council for prisoners of war said officials would work on identifying the bodies.