On August 13, the bodies of 261 fallen people were returned to Ukraine as a result of repatriation measures. According to the Russian side, they belong to Ukrainian servicemen. Investigators and experts are to identify them.
This was reported by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
Law enforcement investigators, together with representatives of expert institutions, will carry out all necessary measures to establish the identities of the repatriated fallen.
The repatriation was carried out following joint work by the Coordination Headquarters, the Joint Center under the Security Service of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Interior Ministry, the Ombudsman’s Office, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Special Circumstances, the State Emergency Service and other bodies of the security and defense sector.
The transportation of the repatriated fallen to specialized state institutions is being handled by the Joint Center for Civil-Military Cooperation Support Measures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There, the bodies are transferred to law enforcement officers and forensic medical experts for further identification.
