Kyiv (Reuters) – Russia has delivered to Kiev the bodies of 210 Ukrainian soldiers, many of whom died while defending the city of Mariupol from Russian forces at a steel plant, the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday.
For weeks, the Ukrainians were stranded at the Azovstal steelworks as Russia tried to seize the city. Ukrainian soldiers finally surrendered last month and were detained by the Russians.
“The process of returning the bodies of soldiers killed in Mariupol continues. So far, 210 of our soldiers have been extradited – most of them heroic defenders of Azovstal,” the Defense Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine said on Twitter.
Little is known about the fate of the estimated 2,000 soldiers who defended Azovstal. Kyiv is trying to extradite them all with a prisoner swap, but some Russian lawmakers are calling for the soldiers to be prosecuted.
“Work continues to bring home all the added Ukrainian soldiers,” the board said.
Families of the Azov unit of the Ukrainian National Guard had previously reported that some of the bodies had been returned.
source: Noticias
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