Ukraine’s president says stalemate with Russia ‘not an option’; about 1,000 people, ‘including foreign mercenaries who surrendered in Mariupol’ are in Russia, media reports say
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Russia has handed over to Kyiv the bodies of 210 Ukrainian fighters, most of whom who died defending the city of Mariupol from Russian forces at a vast steel works, the Ukrainian military confirmed.
Ukraine’s defence intelligence directorate issued a statement late on Tuesday:
The process of returning the bodies of the fallen defenders of Mariupol is under way.
To date, 210 of our troops have been returned – most of them are heroic defenders of Azovsta.
Over 1,000 people from Azovstal have been transferred to Russia. Law enforcement officers are working with them.
Investigators also plan to send a number of other captives to Russia in the future, following a series of face-to-face confrontations.”
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