Russia carried out an airstrike on the settlements of Izyum, Yakivlivka and Khorosheve in the Kharkiv region during the night, and dozens of houses were destroyed, Anton Gerashchenko, Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine stated. 34 people lost their lives in the last 24 hours, and 285 people, 10 of whom were children, were injured in Russian attacks, Gerashchenko added.
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Download File: https://iha.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/iha-2022-03-03_12-38-42_270258.mp4?_=1Russia has handed over the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers in exchange for 19 Russian soldiers as part of an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul.
Russian Vice President Vladimir Medinsky stated, “As a continuation of the Istanbul agreements, we returned 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers today and received the bodies of 19 of our own. May they all rest in peace in their homeland.”
The Kremlin confirmed that the exchange follows the second round of peace talks held in June in Istanbul. According to Russian state agency TASS, the transfer marks the beginning of a broader process to return 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers’ bodies.