Russia Transfers 1,000 Bodies to Ukraine in Latest Wartime ExchangeRussia and Ukraine have begun another exchange of the bodies of fallen soldiers. Photo: Dmitry Plotnikov Pravda.Ru by Neyroset AFU cemeterySpeaking to RBC, Saraliyev said that Russia transferred the bodies of 1,000 fallen Ukrainian servicemen, while Ukraine returned the remains of 38 Russian soldiers. "Within the framework of the Istanbul agreements, Ukraine has received the bodies of 1,000 fallen Ukrainian servicemen. At that time, Russia transferred 1,000 bodies to Ukraine, while Ukraine returned 30. According to Tatyana Moskalkova, Russia's Human Rights Commissioner, 1,800 Russian servicemen returned from Ukrainian captivity last year.