The soldiers died in battles across Kursk and several Ukrainian regions, according to an organisation involved in retrieving military casualties

Ukraine brought home the bodies of 1,212 soldiers killed in the war with Russia, the Kyiv officials responsible for exchanging prisoners of war said on Wednesday.

“As a result of the repatriation activities …, the bodies of 1,212 fallen defenders have been returned to Ukraine,” the prisoner exchange coordination committee said on the Telegram messaging app.

It released photos from the scene showing personnel of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at an undisclosed location, walking past several refrigerated trucks.

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