Bodies of 1,212 fallen Defenders returned to Ukraine
The bodies of 1,212 fallen Defenders were returned to Ukraine, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported.
"As a result of the repatriation measures, the bodies of 1,212 fallen Defenders were returned to Ukraine. Among the returned Defenders are the fallen from Kursk region; Kharkiv region; Luhansk region; Donetsk region; Zaporizhia region; Kherson region," the Coordination Headquarters said on Telegram on Wednesday.
It is noted that the fallen Defenders were returned as a result of the joint work of the employees of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the Joint Center under the Security Service of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Special Circumstances, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, and other structures of the security and defense sector of Ukraine.
Gratitude is expressed for the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
"Special thanks to the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who transport the repatriated fallen Heroes to designated state specialized institutions, organize the transfer of the deceased to representatives of law enforcement agencies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs system and forensic medical examination in the Ministry of Health system," the message says.
It is noted that investigators of law enforcement agencies, together with expert institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will establish the identities of the deceased as soon as possible.