Bodies of another 1,000 fallen soldiers returned to Ukraine

Ahead are measures aimed at identifying the repatriated dead.

On Thursday, February 26, repatriation measures were carried out, as part of which 1,000 bodies (remains) of the dead were returned to Ukraine , which, according to preliminary information from the Russian side, may belong to Ukrainian defenders. This was reported by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

It is noted that in the future, law enforcement investigators, together with representatives of expert institutions of Ukraine, will take all necessary measures aimed at identifying the repatriated deceased.

“Repatriation measures were implemented as a result of the joint and coordinated work of representatives of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the Joint Center under the Security Service of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Office of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Special Circumstances, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, and other structures of the Security and Defense Sector of Ukraine,” the report says.

The Coordination Headquarters also expressed gratitude to the International Committee of the Red Cross for its assistance and support in implementing repatriation measures.

(C)UNIAN 2026