{"id":208513,"date":"2026-10-22T14:05:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208513\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:05:53","slug":"russia-returns-remains-of-252-soldiers-via-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208513\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia returns remains of 252 soldiers via Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 22, <\/strong>Pozirk.<\/strong><\/em> Russia and Ukraine have exchanged fallen soldiers\u2019 remains at the Novaja Huta border checkpoint at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, Belarusian state-run media outlets reported on October 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia has returned the bodies of 252 deceased Ukrainians, while Kyiv has handed over 25 bodies to Russia, the reports said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine\u2019s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War confirmed receiving 252 bodies, \u201cdescribed by Russia as remains of Ukrainian soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, most of the similar exchanges between Russia and Ukraine took place in Belarus: on April 9, May 15, June 18, July 16, and August 13. On September 17, Russia and Ukraine exchanged 252 and 23 bodies, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The locations of two other exchanges, which took place on January 29 and February 26, have not been disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prisoner swaps in Belarus have taken place 10 times in 2026, most recently on August 24.
Belarus was involved in 18 exchanges in 2025 and 12 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yaroslav Chornohor, the Ukrainian foreign ministry\u2019s special envoy for relations with Belarusian pro-democracy forces, told Radyjo Svaboda<\/em> that exchanges of prisoners of war through Belarus would be impossible without contacts between Kyiv and Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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