Overview

• On June 13, Ukraine received 1,200 bodies of its soldiers from Russia in accordance with the Istanbul-brokered agreement.
• Russia had already handed over 1,212 Ukrainian remains on June 11 and received 27 of its soldiers’ bodies in earlier exchanges.
• The International Committee of the Red Cross facilitated the swaps, which include plans to trade up to 6,000 bodies and free wounded and under-25 prisoners of war.
• Ukraine’s general staff reports that Russian military casualties have surpassed 1 million killed or wounded since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
• Fighting continues across multiple fronts with drone strikes and artillery barrages, and Russia claims recent village captures in Sumy and Donetsk regions.