As part of repatriation efforts, 1,000 bodies — which, according to the Russian side, belong to Ukrainian servicemen — have been returned to Ukraine.

Axar.az reports, citing Ukrinform, in the coming days, law enforcement investigators, together with forensic experts from the Interior Ministry, will carry out all necessary examinations and conduct the identification of the repatriated remains.

The repatriation operation was made possible through the joint efforts of staff from the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the Joint Center under the Security Service of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Interior Ministry, the Office of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Persons Missing Under Special Circumstances, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, and other agencies within Ukraine's security and defense sector.

Law enforcement investigators and Interior Ministry experts will establish the identities of the deceased as quickly as possible.