Ukraine says it received 1,000 bodies from Russia

Ukraine received 1,000 bodies of fallen Ukrainian servicemen, Kyiv's prisoner-of-war coordination centre said on Thursday, Report informs via Reuters.

"Investigators from law enforcement bodies, together with expert agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will soon conduct all necessary examinations and identify the repatriated bodies," the centre's post said on the Telegram messaging app.

Kyiv and Moscow have conducted swaps of thousands of fallen bodies during the war, which began with Russia's full-blown invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.