MOSCOW/KIEV, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Ukraine have conducted another exchange of fallen soldiers' bodies, authorities said Thursday.
"As part of the Istanbul agreements, the bodies of 1,000 deceased Ukrainian soldiers were handed over to Ukraine, and the bodies of 38 deceased Russian soldiers were handed over to Russia," Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky said on Telegram.
Ukrainian investigators would conduct necessary examinations to identify the repatriated bodies, said Ukraine's Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
Petro Andryushchenko, head of the Center for the Study of Occupation, said Ukraine transferred 38 bodies to Russia as part of the exchange.
Russia and Ukraine agreed on an "all-for-all" exchange of seriously ill and wounded prisoners, soldiers under the age of 25, and the bodies of fallen soldiers during their talks in Istanbul on June 2, 2025. ■
