Ukraine returns bodies of 1,212 fallen Ukrainian defenders

Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported this information.

It’s noted that the fallen Ukrainian soldiers had held positions in the Kursk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions.

The return of the bodies was made possible through the joint efforts of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the Joint Center under the Security Service of Ukraine, the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Missing Persons in Special Circumstances, the State Emergency Service, and other security and defense agencies.

The Headquarters stated that law enforcement investigators, along with forensic experts from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will identify the deceased as soon as possible.

• Kyiv has not officially agreed with Moscow on any body exchange involving participants in the Russian-Ukrainian war as of Saturday, June 7, 2025. Recent statements from the aggressor state are aimed at derailing the agreements reached in Istanbul and applying political pressure on Ukraine.