As a result of the repatriation measures, the bodies of 909 fallen Defenders were returned to Ukraine.

Among the Defenders returned “on the shield”, the fallen were from:

– Kurakhiv direction;

– Pokrovsky direction;

– Bakhmut direction;

– Vuhledar direction;

– Luhansk direction;

– Zaporizhzhia direction;

– morgues on the territory of the Russian Federation.

The fallen Defenders were returned as a result of the joint work of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the Joint Center under the Security Service of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Office of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Special Circumstances, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, and other structures of the Security and Defense Sector of Ukraine

We express our gratitude for the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Special thanks to the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who transport the repatriated fallen Heroes to designated state specialized institutions, organize the transfer of the deceased to representatives of law enforcement agencies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs system and forensic medical examination in the Ministry of Health system. Investigators of law enforcement agencies, together with expert institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will establish the identities of the deceased as soon as possible.

Glory to the fallen Heroes!

Text and photo: Coordination headquarters for the

treatment of prisoners of war