IN BRIEF: What is known about exchange of bodies of soldiers between Russia, Ukraine

MOSCOW, June 11. /TASS/. Moscow has handed over 1,212 bodies of Ukrainian servicemen to Kiev and received 27 bodies of fallen Russian soldiers in return, Russian Presidential Aide, head of the Russian delegation at the Istanbul talks Vladimir Medinsky said.

He also noted that on Thursday, Moscow and Kiev will begin urgent "sanitary exchanges" of heavily wounded prisoners of war.

TASS has compiled main facts about the situation.

- Moscow has handed over to Kiev 1,212 bodies of Ukrainian servicemen and received 27 bodies of Russian soldiers.

- Work on exchanging the bodies of the dead soldiers between Russia and Ukraine will continue.