"Creating Chaos Across Borders": Alleged Mixing of Soldiers' Remains by Russia
Russia allegedly transferred deceased Russian soldiers' remains to Ukraine.
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Rumors abuzz, Russia has allegedly sent over more than 6,000 bodies in recent times. But here’s the twist – these corpses aren't only Ukrainians. This isn't a new tactic from the Russians, either.
The latest repatriation of thousands of soldier's bodies from Russia, as confirmed by Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko in Kyiv, included Russian bodies, too. However, Klymenko didn’t disclose the exact number of such instances in a recent Telegram post.
MINISTERS MENOARIES: "The SOB (enemy) is sowing chaos by concocting confusion in identifying the dead, mixing Russian corpses with ours." Klymenko penned down on Telegram. Photos surfaced showing a dead Russian soldier's military ID and identification tag that were handed over to Ukraine, although independent verifications were unavailable.
Politics | Russia Watch | Rouble Woes Russia has sent back over 6,000 bodies to Ukraine; Moscow, on the other hand, has received more than 50 bodies. This exchange forms part of the humanitarian gestures approved by both parties in Istanbul in early June. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was the first to voice his concerns publicly that Russia was also returning its own soldiers' remains to Ukraine.
On Thursday, Ukraine and Russia traded prisoners for the fifth time. Members of the army, national guard, and border troops were among the exchangees, as per Zelenskyy's Telegram. The Office for the Affairs of Prisoners of War stated that severely injured and seriously ill soldiers were exchanged. Most of those released had been captive for more than three years. The Russian Ministry of Defense verified the exchange at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, although neither side disclosed the numbers of soldiers returned home.
_{[1] Ukrainian authorities allege that Russia deliberately overwhelms Ukraine's identification process and possibly avoids paying death benefits by mixing the bodies of Russian soldiers with those of Ukrainians. [2] In some cases, bodies arrived with full Russian military documents, suggesting that the Russians sent Russian remains along with Ukrainian dead deliberately. [3] Confirmation: Ukrainian authorities have identified instances where this practice occurred during recent repatriations. [4] Ukraine sends back the remains of Russian soldiers to Russia. [5] At least one Ukrainian official has accused Russia of this cynical tactic.}
Source: ntv.de, chl/dpa
- Ukraine
- Russia
- The allegations suggest that Russia, in the context of the ongoing war-and-conflicts between Ukraine and Russia, is intentionally mixing the remains of Russian soldiers with those of Ukrainians, which could potentially confuse the identification process and evade paying death benefits, as reported by Ukrainian authorities.
- Amidst political tensions between the European Union and Russia, the latest humanitarian exchange involving the repatriation of thousands of bodies from Russia to Ukraine has sparked general-news controversy, with Ukraine accusing Russia of deliberate tactics to overwhelm their identification process and potentially avoid paying death benefits by mixing the remains of Russian soldiers with those of Ukrainians, as confirmed by some instances during recent repatriations.
