# @cgtneurope on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DK7Plw1TpyO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31407544-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-15T15:00:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

Ukraine has received 1,200 more bodies from Russia under a wartime exchange agreement reached in Istanbul earlier this month, according to the country’s prisoner of war coordination headquarters.⁣
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Ukraine Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said a total of 4,812 bodies have been returned this week alone. He thanked those involved in what he described as a humanitarian mission. The identities of the deceased have not been publicly confirmed.⁣
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Ukraine has not commented on whether any Russian bodies have been handed over in return.⁣
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The exchange follows the latest round of direct negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow, held on June 2 in Istanbul. It marks one of the largest coordinated transfers of bodies to date.⁣
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#Ukraine #Russia #PrisonerExchange #Casualties #Ukraineconflict #Istanbul #Mediazona #BBCRussian⁣
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## Tags

mediazona, prisonerexchange, casualties, russia, ukraineconflict, ukraine, istanbul, bbcrussian

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