Ukraine has returned another 25 bodies of fallen defenders from the temporarily occupied territories, the Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine has announced.

“Another operation was carried out to transfer the bodies of the dead military. Ukraine returned the bodies of 25 more of its defenders,” the ministry said on Tuesday, July 26..

The operation was carried out with the cooperation of the Commissioner for Missing Persons, Oleg Kotenko and other law enforcement agencies of Ukraine.

The ministry noted that the process of returning the bodies takes place in accordance with the norms of the Geneva Convention.

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Recall that last week Ukraine returned the bodies of another 45 dead defenders..

Earlier, the Main Directorate of Intelligence reported the largest exchange of prisoners since the start of a full-scale Russian invasion.. Thanks to him, 144 Ukrainian defenders returned home, of which 95 are defenders of Azovstal. However, more than 2000 defenders of Mariupol remain in captivity.