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Zelenskyy Reports Ukraine Received Over 20 Russian Soldiers’ Bodies in Recent Swaps

    Ukraine received at least 20 bodies of Russian soldiers in recent exchanges, Zelenskyy says
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    KYIV – Ukraine’s president mentioned that Russia sent back at least 20 deceased Russian soldiers to Ukraine in recent exchanges. He attributed this to Moscow’s lack of organization during large-scale swaps of wounded prisoners of war and military remains.

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy added that one of the bodies received in these exchanges was that of an Israeli citizen. Although he addressed reporters on Friday, his speech was not released until Saturday. The identities of the deceased were not revealed by officials.

    “They handed us the corpses of their own people. This highlights their approach to war and their own troops. We’ve documented this already, with some bodies even carrying Russian passports,” he stated.

    He said the Russian side insisted the dead were all Ukrainians.

    Journalists were shown a Russian passport and ID belonging to one of the 20 dead Russians. According to the document, the man came from the Moscow region.

    Zelenskyy doubts Putin wants peace

    The exchanges of the dead and wounded soldiers are the only tangible result of direct peace talks in Istanbul. In June, Ukraine and Russia agreed to exchange the bodies of fallen soldiers in a 6,000-for-6,000 format during the second round of negotiations. Ukraine was concerned that the number was too high and that the sides did not have enough time for forensic examinations and checking the identities of the dead.

    Zelenskyy said he suspected Russia’s plan was to play along with peace talks to appease the U.S. and stave off more sanctions but without ending the war that Russian President Vladimir Putin believes he is winning.

    He said that because of this, Ukraine would be “in a really difficult situation” of deciding whether to continue the talks in Istanbul.

    Impact of Iran-Israel war on Ukraine

    Zelenskyy said Ukraine was against Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, because of its military partnership with Russia, but stopped short of expressing explicit support for Israel’s strikes. He repeated that the new war in the Middle East will affect Ukraine indirectly.

    “Iran gave the Russians everything to kill us. They gave them martyrs, they gave them missiles, and they gave them licenses. The fact that their production capacities have now become weaker is (a) positive for us. But at certain points it may already be too late,” he said, also citing Russia’s military cooperation with North Korea.

    Russia has modified Iran-made Shahed drones and has used them, often hundreds at a time, in barrages targeting Ukraine.

    Zelenskyy said 39 Russian companies were involved in the production of Oreshnik, an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. He said 21 of them are not under sanctions. “And therefore it is absolutely incomprehensible why sanctions should not be imposed urgently,” he said.

    Russia attacked Ukraine with the missile in November, marking a serious escalation in the war and Russia’s capabilities.

    Ukraine looks to Europe to boost domestic weapons

    Zelenskyy dispelled reports that Patriots air defense systems were destroyed in recent Russian drone and missile barrages. He also said Ukraine has started using domestically produced interceptors to shoot down Shahed drones and is seeking financing from Germany to ramp up the weapon’s production.

    He added he sent signals to Western partners asking them to give up 0.25% of their GDP to support Ukraine’s local defense industry.

    Zelenskyy said it’s likely he would attend a NATO summit later this week, but that he would make a final decision on Monday.

    Though Zelenskyy did not meet Trump who had left early the Group of Seven summit in Canada last week, Ukraine’s Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and the head of the president’s office, Andriy Yermak, gave U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a list of weapons Ukraine is hoping to purchase. “We will wait feedback,” Zelenskyy said, adding the package of weapons included Patriot systems.

    The weapons package would be among the topics Zelenskyy plans to discuss with Trump in their next meeting, he added, as well as the issue of sanctions.

    “Frankly, it seems to me that we need to talk about a new breath in the diplomatic track,” he said. “We need greater certainty and greater pressure from the world on Putin.”

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