Ukrainian military officials loaded the bodies of Russian soldiers they had collected after fighting in the Kyiv and Chernihiv areas on Friday into refrigerated wagons.

Ukraine’s head of civil-military cooperation, Volodymr Lyamzin, said that his country was acting in accordance with international law and was ready to return the bodies to Russia.

“According to the rules of international humanitarian law, and Ukraine strictly follows them, after the end of the active phase of the conflict, the parties are obliged to return the bodies of the army of another country.”

“Ukraine is ready to return the bodies to the aggressor,” he added.

Lyamzin said that several refrigerated trains are parked in different parts of Ukraine, where the bodies of Russian soldiers are kept.

Hundreds of bodies were hiding at a facility outside of Kyiv, as viewed by Reuters.

“Several hundred Russian corpses are kept on this refrigerated train. Most of them were brought from the Kyiv region, some from the Chernihiv region and some other regions,” Lyamzin said. said.

Moscow describes its invasion of Ukraine as a “special military operation” to disarm a neighbor who threatens its security. Ukraine denies it poses a threat and says Russia has waged a war of aggression that has killed thousands of civilians, displaced millions and destroyed cities and towns since the conflict began in late February.