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Russia Delivers First Batch of Soldiers’ Bodies as Ukraine Exchange Falters

Both sides blame each other for stalling the planned repatriation of 6,000 war dead agreed in Istanbul.

In this photo, taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, June 8, 2025, Journalists gather near the motorcade of refrigerators of the first convoy carrying bodies of Ukrainian soldiers for repatriation at an exchange area near Novaya Guta, Belarus, for the beginning of a large-scale exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
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Overview

  • Russia’s Defence Ministry says 1,212 Ukrainian bodies have been handed over at the border as it awaits Kyiv’s official confirmation on the 6,000-strong repatriation plan.
  • Ukraine’s intelligence chief accused Russia of dictating the exchange terms after Moscow suggested Kyiv or NATO had blocked the transfer.
  • Russia’s defence ministry reported that its forces reached the western edge of Donetsk and are mounting an offensive into Dnipropetrovsk for the first time in over three years.
  • Ukraine’s air force intercepted 40 of 49 Russian drones and decoys overnight as Russian strikes in Kharkiv killed six civilians and wounded more than two dozen.
  • Ukrainian drones wounded five people in Belgorod and two in Tula while Moscow’s Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports briefly suspended flights due to drone alerts.