Although Russia and Ukraine had no negotiations on Istanbul earlier this month, the two sides reached a "capital exchange agreement." The other content of this agreement is no different from before, roughly the release of prisoners under the age of 25 and exchange of seriously ill and seriously injured soldiers. But the only difference is that Russia proposed to "unilaterally" hand over 6,000 soldiers' bodies to Ukraine and proposed a truce for 2 to 3 days to allow them to complete this task. The Russian army spent a long time collecting the bodies of soldiers based on humanitarian concepts. Russian media said that they also included foreign mercenaries and many "missed people" in Ukraine.
A few days ago, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zakharova mentioned that they had actually negotiated with Ukraine before, and it was "unconditional" to transfer the bodies of the dead soldiers, but the Zelensky government did not accept them. Moreover, the Ukrainian media also spread the Russian statement that "6,000 corpses" is "fake news". The Russians are very good at spreading public opinion that the Ukrainian army suffered huge losses. In fact, they exaggerated all the facts. So in desperation, Vladimir Meginski, head of the Russian delegation at the Russian-Ukrainian talks, announced that they would voluntarily initiate the handover procedure to Ukraine on the 6th. The Russian side later stated that the time stipulated was already here and there was still no one who had seen Ukraine who came to hand over the body.
In this case, Russia came up with a new trick: Russia announced that it would invite international journalists to come and report and view refrigerated trucks loaded with Ukrainian prisoners of war. On the 7th, foreign media reporters had arrived in the eastern Wu area and saw this row of more than 20 meters of freezing equipment, full of dead soldiers wrapped in various shrouds. Western media later began to report the news, and the Russian side believed that this move could put "the greatest pressure" on Ukraine, allowing Zelensky to face the problem of soldier casualties head-on. At the same time, it also conveyed a clear signal to the outside world: Ukraine has suffered heavy casualties, not only because they reported it.
Why didn't the Zelensky government face the more than 6,000 soldiers sent by the Russian army head-on? Previously, Ukraine was exposed to use similar behavior to evade the death penalty, because the soldiers cannot find their bodies, which is considered "missing". It may be because they have become deserters and may be captured. In this case, the Ukraine government can delay compensation. Someone calculated the bill. If Ukraine accepts it, it will need to pay about 90 billion hryvnia compensation (about 15.6 billion yuan), which is a huge sum for them. Especially when Ukraine's expenses are so short, they will naturally not consider it.
In addition, if you accept it, it means "recognizing" that your own casualties are so great, and it is not a good reputation for Ukraine internationally, which is "harmful but no benefit". After inviting international journalists to visit the report, Russia issued an announcement stating that "due to the violation of the agreement and did not appear at the exchange location, Russian diplomats were forced to issue a statement to the press." But Zelensky has refused to mention this issue at present. Many people in his social account asked Ukraine "what to do it" but received no response. Some international observers also propose that if Ukraine does not appear for a long time, it can be accepted by international charitable organizations instead and sent to Ukraine through a third party, so that Ukraine will have no appropriate excuse to refuse.
