Ukraine returns bodies of dead soldiers to Russia

Ukraine returns bodies of dead soldiers to Russia

Ukraine has said it is returning the bodies of fallen Russian troops back home.

Qazet.az reports that military officials were seen loading and stacking bodies collected from the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions onto refrigerated rail cars.

The move is in accordance with "the norms of international humanitarian law", according to Volodymyr Lyamzin, the head of Ukraine's civil-military cooperation.

"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,” Lyamzin told the Reuters news agency.