Ukraine ready to return bodies of Russian soldiers

Ukraine is ready to return the bodies of the dead Russian aggressors, in accordance with the norms of international humanitarian law.

Volodymyr Liamzin, the head of Ukraine's civil-military cooperation, told this to Reuters, Ukrinform reports.

"According to the norms of international humanitarian law, and Ukraine is strictly following them, after the active phase of the conflict is over, sides have to return the bodies of the military of another country. […] Ukraine is ready to return the bodies to the aggressor," he said.

Liamzin said there were several refrigerator trains stationed in different regions across Ukraine where the bodies of Russian soldiers were being kept. Several hundred bodies were being stored at a facility on the outskirts of Kyiv.

"In this refrigerator train several hundred bodies of Russian occupiers are kept. Most of them were brought from the Kyiv region, there are some from Chernihiv region, and from some other regions too," Liamzin said.