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Russia delivers 1st batch of 1,212 Ukrainian soldiers' bodies to exchange point

Moscow, June 9 (UNI) Russia has delivered the first batch of 1,212 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers to the border exchange point pursuant to the Istanbul accords, said Lieutenant General Alexander Zorin on Sunday.
Zorin, also a representative of the Russian negotiating group, said that Ukraine has not made contact; therefore, the transfer of the bodies and the exchange of prisoners did not take place yet.
Some foreign media representatives waiting at the agreed-upon place of exchange have checked some of the refrigerated trucks transporting the bodies.
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