Overview

• On June 16, Ukraine received 1,245 bodies, concluding the repatriation of 6,057 soldiers agreed at Istanbul talks.
• Russian figures differ by three bodies, with presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky citing 6,060 returns.
• Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko warns that mixed and dismembered remains are slowing identification efforts.
• Russian forces also handed over the remains of 78 of their own soldiers mixed in with Ukrainian bodies.
• Prisoner exchanges between Russia and Ukraine remain ongoing as the Kremlin signals readiness to transfer an additional 2,239 bodies of fallen Ukrainian servicemen.