"Since the war between Ukraine and Russia began in February 2022, the repatriation of soldiers' bodies and the exchange of prisoners are some of the only areas of cooperation between the two countries. The exchange of bodies was mediated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to Ukraine's I Want to Find project. Tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed on both sides since Russia's invasion. However, neither Kyiv or Moscow regularly publishes data on their own casualties."
"Separately on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian army has pushed back some of the advances Russia made over the summer in eastern Ukraine, calling the operation an important success after months of battlefield setbacks. In a video address, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had retaken 160 square kilometres (62 square miles) near the eastern coal-mining town of Dobropillia, where Russian troops had breached Ukraine's defences in August."
Russia and Ukraine exchanged the bodies of more than 1,000 soldiers, with the vast majority returned to Ukraine and 24 Russian bodies handed over by Ukraine. Repatriation measures took place today, and Russian claims indicate that 1,000 bodies belong to Ukrainian servicemen. The International Committee of the Red Cross mediated the exchange. Since February 2022, repatriation of soldiers' remains and prisoner exchanges have been among the few areas of cooperation between the two countries. Tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed on both sides, while neither Kyiv nor Moscow regularly publishes casualty figures. Ukrainian forces reclaimed and cleared about 330 square kilometres in the east, with heavy Russian losses reported.
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