Bodies of 83 fallen defenders returned to Ukraine

Oleh Kotenko, the Commissioner for Missing Persons, reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

The process of returning bodies took place with the assistance of the Office of the Commissioner for Missing Persons of the Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories in cooperation with law enforcement agencies.

“Every time we transfer the bodies of fallen defenders, we strictly follow the Geneva Convention norms. Negotiations with the opposite side do not stop in order to bring everyone back home as soon as possible," Kotenko noted.

As Ukrinform reported, on March 3, the bodies of 17 fallen defenders were returned to Ukraine from the temporarily occupied territories.