Another 563 bodies of fallen defenders were returned to Ukraine
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Another 563 bodies of fallen soldiers were returned to Ukraine. Representatives of law enforcement agencies and forensic experts will identify the deceased.
The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported this via Telegram on Friday, November 8.
Return of fallen soldiers to Ukraine
It is known that 320 bodies of soldiers who died in the Donetsk direction and 89 fallen soldiers from the Bakhmut direction were repatriated. In addition, 154 bodies were returned from morgues in Russia.
"The fallen Defenders were returned thanks to the interaction of the employees of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War with the Joint Center of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Special Circumstances, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, and other representatives of the structures of the Security and Defense Sector of Ukraine," the message says.
Special thanks were expressed to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The Coordination Headquarters noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will transport the repatriated bodies and remains to designated state institutions.
As a reminder, Kharkiv musician Mykola Sostin, known under the pseudonym Amorth, died at the front line.
Previously, the coach of the Kyiv FC "Troyeshchyna" Denys Sklyarenko died in the combat zone.
