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The Kiev announced on Tuesday evening that it had received the bodies of 64 soldiers who died defending the Azovstal steelworks[/B], the last pockets of resistance in Mariupol, as part of an exchange with Russia.
It was not specified how many dead Russian soldiers were returned to Moscow.
"Ukraine received the bodies of 64 heroic defenders of Azovstal to bury them with dignity," said the Reintegration Ministry, which is responsible for the territories occupied by the Russians.
The last Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol, who were trapped in the vast Azovstal steelworks, surrendered to Russian forces between May 16-20, after three months of fierce fighting.
The ministry said the exchange took place in the Zaporizhzhya region, without specifying exactly when. Two other such exchanges took place earlier this month, during which Ukraine received the bodies of 210 soldiers. According to the statement, the exchange process is being implemented in accordance with the rules of the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war.
Source: CNA
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