Overview
- The exchange, conducted Thursday, saw Russia hand over 1,000 Ukrainian remains and Ukraine return 41 Russian bodies.
- Ukrainian investigators and Interior Ministry experts will identify the dead before releasing them to families for burial.
- Video from TASS and Ruptly showed body bags moved between trucks at a border point with Red Cross observers present.
- Russian human rights commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova said a large prisoner swap may be finalized before Orthodox Easter on April 12.
- Regular repatriations expanded after 2025 talks in Istanbul, and the Red Cross says it now facilitates about 1,000 body transfers each month.