Russia has transferred another 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel to Kyiv, according to information released by Ukraine’s coordination headquarters. The handover was confirmed to RBC by State Duma member Shamsail Saraliev, who represents the parliamentary group overseeing issues related to the military operation. He noted that Russia also received the remains of 30 fallen Russian servicemen.

Authorities in Kyiv said that Ukrainian law-enforcement agencies, together with Interior Ministry experts, would now conduct the necessary examinations and identify the bodies.

Russian war correspondent Aleksandr Kots, commenting on the transfer of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers’ remains, remarked that this figure was far from the upper limit. He maintained that losses on the Pokrovsk axis were so severe that bodies were being removed from the area by truckloads.

The current exchange process stems from agreements reached during the Istanbul talks in early summer 2025. These arrangements covered the transfer of prisoners of war, severely wounded soldiers, and the bodies of those killed. So far, Ukraine has received the remains of at least 9,000 of its fallen servicemen.

The previous exchange took place on October 23, when Kyiv received 1,000 bodies and Russia retrieved 31.