On October 18, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War announced that the bodies of 501 fallen Ukrainian soldiers were returned to Ukraine. This repatriation involved the retrieval of 382 bodies from the Avdiivka sector, as well as 56 from Bakhmut, 45 from Mariinka, 6 from Vukhledar, 4 from Zaporizhzhia, and 7 from the Luhansk sector. Notably, one body was also returned from a morgue in Russia. The Coordination Headquarters worked in collaboration with the Joint Center of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and other Ukrainian institutions to facilitate the transportation and subsequent identification of these soldiers.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are responsible for transporting the repatriated bodies to designated state institutions where law enforcement officials and forensic experts will identify them. Once identification is complete, the bodies will be released to their respective families to ensure proper burial. The return and identification process are crucial for providing closure to the families of the deceased soldiers. The repatriation operation was a joint effort involving several Ukrainian governmental bodies, illustrating a coordinated national effort to manage and honor their war casualties. The incident underscores the ongoing

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