Mekinski, assistant to the Russian president and head of the negotiating delegation, said on the 7th local time that Russia followed the agreement reached in Istanbul on June 6 and launched a special humanitarian operation to hand over the bodies of more than 6,000 Ukrainian soldiers who died in the Ukrainian army to Ukraine, and at the same time exchanged wounded prisoners of war and captured personnel under 25 years old. The first batch of 1,212 frozen-preserved bodies of Ukrainian soldiers have arrived at the exchange area through refrigerated trucks, and the remaining batches are being transported.
In addition, the Russian side has submitted the first batch of 640 prisoners of war that meet the category of "Injury and Youth" to Ukraine to initiate the exchange process. The Russian Ministry of Defense liaison team has arrived at the border area of Russia-Ukraine.
Meginsky said, Uzbek side delayed the acceptance of the body and exchanged with prisoners of war, and its negotiation team has not arrived at the exchange location as agreed so far. The reasons mentioned are diverse and puzzling. Russia called on Ukraine to strictly abide by the established timetable and existing agreements, and immediately initiate the exchange procedures, and also called on Ukraine to receive 6,000 bodies of Ukrainian officers and soldiers as soon as possible.
In this regard, Central Station reporterAt the 7th, it was learned from Ukrainian media that a source said that the exchange was being prepared and any details could have a significant impact on this. This is a sensitive issue and Russia is trying to put pressure on the negotiating team. The source said that Russia did not send back the detained person or body to Ukraine on the 6th.
The Ukrainian official has no response to the above statement at present.
Source: CCTV News Client
