Russia hands over to Ukraine bodies of 1,000 deceased Ukrainian soldiers
Ukraine and Russia exchanged the bodies of deceased soldiers on Thursday, officials said. Kyiv received 1,000 bodies that Russia says belong to the Ukrainian military.
Reuters
April 9, 2026
A pigeon sits in front of posters depicting the history of the Ukrainian army as a woman walks by, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 25, 2026.
Gleb Garanich/Reuters
MOSCOW - Ukraine and Russia exchanged the bodies of deceased soldiers on Thursday, officials said.
Kyiv received 1,000 bodies that Russia says belong to the Ukrainian military, the Ukrainian centre handling prisoner of war swaps said on the Telegram app.
Ukraine handed over 41 dead Russians, Russia's RBC news outlet cited lawmaker Shamsail Saraliyev as saying.
The two sides have periodically exchanged their war dead in the course of the conflict.
-Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Alex Richardson/Reuters
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