The bodies of 757 fallen soldiers who lost their lives defending their homeland from the invaders have been returned to Ukraine.

The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported about this on February 14.

The defenders were killed in action against the invaders in various parts of the frontline.

The fallen soldiers defended Ukraine in the Kurakhove, Pokrovsk, Bakhmut and Vuhledar directions of the Donetsk region. They also defended Ukraine in the Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia directions.

The bodies of the Ukrainian defenders were also recovered from morgues in Russia.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine will transport the bodies and remains to designated state institutions.

After that, law enforcement officials and forensic experts will identify the victims. After identification, the bodies of the Ukrainian defenders will be handed over to their families for a decent burial.

The fallen defenders were returned thanks to the cooperation of the staff of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War with the Joint Center of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, as well as other representatives of state bodies and structures.

Special thanks are expressed to the International Committee of the Red Cross for facilitating the return.

Last month, Ukraine managed to return the bodies of 757 soldiers who died fighting the Russian invaders in different parts of the frontline.

In December last year, Ukraine managed to return 503 fallen soldiers for proper burial. On November 29, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported that the bodies of 502 fallen soldiers had arrived in Ukraine.

On November 8, the bodies of 563 fallen Ukrainian defenders were brought back. And on October 18, the bodies of 501 fallen Ukrainian defenders were returned.