Faced with strong public pressure, Ukraine promised to accept the bodies of dead soldiers next week, on the condition that: comply with the principle of reciprocity!
According to the Russian News Agency, the plan agreed by Russia and Ukraine to exchange large-scale prisoners of war and the transfer of bodies of dead soldiers failed to be implemented because Ukraine refused to be accepted.
It is reported that Russia has transported more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers' bodies to designated exchange points on the border, and Ukrainian has postponed the time for receiving the bodies indefinitely.
In response to this, the Ukrainian prisoner treatment coordination office refuted that Russia's approach was inconsistent with the agreed plan. Ukrainian side defended that it had not reached an agreement with the Russian side on the matter of receiving the bodies of the dead soldiers.
Ukraine also accused Russia of spreading false remarks and that the exchange of bodies of dead soldiers will be postponed until next week.
So, according to the agreement reached by both parties in Türkiye, whose statement is reasonable?
The Russian statement released shows that "the body of 6,000 Ukrainian soldiers was unilaterally handed over to Ukraine. If Ukraine returns the bodies of Russian soldiers, the Russian side is willing to accept them unconditionally."
Uzbek's statement was that he hoped that both sides could exchange the bodies of soldiers with equal squad, and did not specify the specific number.
The implication is that the Russian side will return 6,000 bodies, but the Ukrainian side does not want so many at all. The so-called "equality" means that I will give you 100 pieces, and you can only send back 100 pieces.
Although Russia's move does not rule out the suspicion of propaganda war, it stands on the side of human nature, and it depends on how the Ukrainian side properly accepts the call!
As we all know, according to the pension standards announced by the Ukrainian side, each family member of a dead soldier will receive a high pension of 15 million hryvnia (about 360,000 US dollars). 6,000 bodies represent at least more than US$2 billion, which is more than Ukraine's monthly fiscal revenue.
You must know that this is only the first body exchange. What if the Russian side returns 10,000, 50,000, or even 100,000 bodies next time? Will Ukraine accept it in the future?
If all of them are received, it means that Ukraine will not only have to provide astronomical pensions, but Zelensky's lie that Ukraine only killed more than 30,000 people will also be revealed!
Obviously, whether Ukraine or not, it will hit the morale of the Ukrainian army on the front line and will also have an impact on the anti-war sentiment of the people in the country.
When the Russian side played the card of returning the bodies of the dead soldiers, Ukraine had already lost!
