Ukraine has accepted 252 bodies of dead persons, who the Russian side claims to belong to Ukrainian Army members.
Their return was realised under the repatriation measures, the Co-ordinating Staff announced of the handling of war Roberts.
Ukrainian authorities announce that troops will undergo all necessary examinations by the law enforcement bodies and expert institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in order to determine the identity of the deceased.
The Co-ordinator staff thanked the International Committee of the Red Cross for the assistance and support offered. Special recognition was expressed to the staff of the Joint Centre for Co-ordination of Civilo-Ushtak Operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which deals with troop transport towards specialised institutions and co-ordination of their surrender to legal bodies and legal medicine institutions.
On October 2nd, the head of Ukrainian President Kyrylo Budanov’s office said that under the reconstruction operations, more than 26 thousand troops and mortar remains had returned to Ukraine. However, a considerable portion of them have not yet been identified.
According to Budanovi, after a meeting of the Co-ordination Council an action plan has agreed to accelerate the identification of difficult cases.
The plan includes establishing an inter-institution group, reviewing the work of forensic expertise institutions, especially in regions, as well as exploiting international capacities for DNA analysis. /Telegraphy/