It was possible to get in touch with the Russians through the International Committee of the Red Cross. “Negotiations with the aggressor are difficult,” Kotenko said. As many as 428 bodies have been recovered from the long besieged city of Mariupol in the east of the country.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged the bodies of fallen soldiers on several occasions. It is not known how many dead have been returned to Russia. The war in Ukraine has been going on for more than six months.
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