Ukraine’s MIA claims Russia returns own soldiers’ bodies in latest repatriation
During the latest repatriation, the Russians handed over to the Ukrainian side the bodies of their own soldiers, mixed in with the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen.
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13 June 2025
Interior Ministry: Ukraine conducts body identification independently
Ukraine currently has sufficient capabilities to carry out body identification independently, without the involvement of international experts.
12 June 2025
Ukraine allows Poland to conduct exhumation works in Lviv – culture ministry
Ukraine has granted permission to the Polish side to carry out exhumation works for Polish soldiers who died in 1939 and were buried in the former village of Zboiska, now within the city limits of Lviv.
07 June 2025
Two police officers injured in massive Russian attack on Kharkiv
Two police officers are among the victims of a massive Russian attack on Kharkiv.
24 May 2025
DNA testing of remains exhumed in Puzhnyky to take 2–3 months
DNA analysis of the remains exhumed in Puzhnyky will take approximately 2–3 months.
09 May 2025
Next phase of joint search and exhumation efforts to take place in Poland – Ambassador Bodnar
Following the completion of exhumation work in Puzhnyky, Ternopil region, including DNA analysis and the reburial of the remains in a cemetery, the next phase of joint Ukrainian-Polish efforts is expected to take place at a location in Poland.
29 April 2025
Russians return body of journalist Roshchyna without some internal organs - investigation
The body of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity, was returned to Ukraine without several internal organs and was listed in official documents as an "unidentified man."
27 April 2025
Maria Mezentseva, Head of the Verkhovna Rada's Permanent Delegation to PACE
Special tribunal: We will not let Russia’s war crimes be hushed down
07 March 2025
Head of ICMP's DNA laboratory discusses support for Ukraine
In The Hague, Netherlands, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) has doubled its staff at its newly modernized DNA laboratory in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The ICMP has been actively assisting Ukraine in identifying missing persons.
27 February 2025
The cost of Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction is preliminary estimated to exceed half a trillion US dollars
Ukraine will need $570 billion to recover in the aftermath of Russia’s war aggression
22 February 2025
Il-76 crash: DNA tests confirm nearly 50 matches of Ukrainian POW remains
Examinations have confirmed nearly 50 DNA matches between the remains of Ukrainian prisoners of war and 62 bodies that Russia claimed were from the Il-76 plane crash in January 2024.
Standing with Ukraine
On 24 February it will be exactly three years since Russia decided unilaterally to start its brutal aggression on Ukrainians.
30 January 2025
Twenty American volunteer fighters gone missing in Ukraine since start of full-scale war - media
More than 20 American volunteer soldiers have gone missing in the war in Ukraine throughout the full-scale invasion, with the number of casualties having increased sharply over the past six months, and it is often difficult to repatriate the bodies.
01 January 2025
Reshetylova tells of first steps at helm of military ombudsperson’s office
The draft law on the military ombudsperson will be submitted to the President for approval in the coming days.
12 December 2024
Ukraine Latest: Weekly Digest For December 2-8, 2024
US President-elect Donald Trump: “Zelensky and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness.” President Zelensky: fatalities among Ukrainian soldiers since the outset of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 have reached 43,000,
09 December 2024
Russians conducted 218 attacks on 11 settlements in Zaporizhzhia over last day
During the day, the occupiers struck 218 times at 11 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region.
08 December 2024
Victims of Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia identified using DNA analysis
Forensic specialists have identified the bodies of victims killed in a recent Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia.
13 November 2024
Ukraine Latest: Weekly Digest for November 4-10, 2024
Donald Trump is elected the 47th president of the United States. The validity of martial law in Ukraine has been extended for further three months, until 7 February 2025. Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes hit Russian warships in Caspian Sea for the first time
12 November 2024
Identification of 75 people killed by Russians continues in Kharkiv region
In Kharkiv region, 75 victims of Russia's armed aggression remain unidentified, most of whom are from a mass burial site in the Izium forest.
04 November 2024
Ex-journalist Oleksiy Andreiev confirmed as killed in action
A soldier and journalist Oleksiy Andreiev was confirmed as killed in action on the Ukrainian frontlines after being considered missing for almost a year.
02 October 2024
Zelensky’s Office chief speaks at meeting of Coalition for Return of Ukrainian Children
The Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, delivered a video address to launch the third meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children.
24 September 2024
In Kharkiv, number of victims of Russian airstrikes has increased to 35, three dead
In Kharkiv, the number of victims of Russian air strikes has increased to 35, including a minor girl and a police officer.
29 July 2024
Ukraine presses charges against chiefs of "Volnovakha Penal Colony" over mass killing of POWs in Olenivka
The head of the so-called Volnovakha Penal Colony and his deputy were charged over the mass killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Olenivka in July 2022.
30 June 2024
Russian strike on post office in Kharkiv: truck driver killed, 10 injured
A truck driver was killed and 10 people were injured in Kharkiv as a result of a Russian airstrike on a Nova Post office.
25 June 2024
All evidence against Russia, including that collected by ICMP, to be used in court - Commissioner
All evidence, in particular facts established with the help of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), will be used in the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other relevant authorities to bring Russian perpetrators to justice.
24 June 2024
Ukraine contacts over 2,000 children illegally removed by Russia - Commissioner
More than 600 children illegally deported by Russia were returned to the Ukrainian-controlled territory, and over 2,000 children were contacted.
06 June 2024
Ukrainian CSI teams to receive body search device from Sweden
Ukrainian law enforcers during a meeting with their Swedish counterparts on Wednesday discussed the possibility of transferring to Ukraine a geoscanning device for locating bodies, which will help in the investigation of Russian war crimes.
29 May 2024
Bodies of all 19 victims of Epicenter attack identified in Kharkiv - search operations completed
The police have identified all 19 bodies of those killed in the Russian attack on the Epicenter hypermarket in Kharkiv, and the search is over.
German Ambassador says Kharkiv situation “dramatic”
After a phone call with Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, German Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Jaeger referred to the current situation in the city is "dramatic".
Books from Kharkiv printing house destroyed by Russia to be brought to conference on Ukraine's recovery
Books from the Kharkiv c house destroyed by the Russian army will be brought to the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2024), which will be held in Berlin on 11-12 June.