Return of bodies six thousand dead: when they are identified

The Minister stated that the Russian Federation is trying to complicate the process of identifying the fallen

Photo: Coordinating Headquarters on Defense of Prisoners of War

On full identification of bodies of dead military who turned to Ukraine within arrangements It will take up to 14 months from the Russian Federation, reached during negotiations in Istanbul.

In the course of repatriation measures, Russia transferred more than six thousand fallen to Ukraine.

About preliminary estimates of the duration of the identification of bodies told Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klimenko on the air of a telecommunication.

« In the previous opinion of our experts, (to identify bodies) will take about 13-14 months. All services, including forensic examinations and investigators, work in three-shift mode, to do the job as soon as possible »– Klimenko said.

According to the minister, Russia is trying to complicate the process of establishing the persons of the fallen military.

« Each package may contain parts of bodies of one, two or three persons. During the examination, we have begun to identify (parts) of one person’s body in several packages or different repatriations (return stages – ed.). »

The enemy tries to do everything to complicate work, delay time or even accuse us of inaction « – said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In addition, experts find that some bodies of the dead are returned in Russian military uniform, along with hostile documents or tokens. At the same time, experts necessarily carry out DNA examination of the dead to make sure that they belong to Ukrainian defenders.

If the study shows that the Russian Federation has transferred the body of its soldier, it will be turned back.

We will remind, during negotiations in Istanbul on June 2 Ukraine and Russia Agreed On the exchange of bodies of dead military in the format « 6000 by 6000 ». The repatriation measures were carried out in several stages, the last of which took place on June 15. In general, the Ukrainian side Got it Body 6057 bodies fallen.