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  "id": 768895,
  "title": "Russia and Ukraine exchange bodies of fallen soldiers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/russia-and-ukraine-exchange-bodies-of-fallen-soldiers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T13:25:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/13/russia-and-ukraine-exchange-bodies-of-fallen-soldiers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On July 16, Russia and Ukraine exchanged the bodies of fallen soldiers for the last time, according to Shamsail Saraliev, a deputy in Russia’s State Duma and a member of the parliamentary coordination group on SVO affairs. During that exchange, Russia handed over 501 bodies to Ukraine in exchange for 31 bodies from Ukraine. The latest exchange of remains occurred recently, with Russia sending 261 bodies and Ukraine surrendering 24, as reported by Russian business news outlet RBC. Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War confirmed the exchange.",
  "summary": "Russia and Ukraine have exchanged the bodies of fallen soldiers, according to Shamsail Saraliev, a deputy in the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, and a representative of the parliamentary coordination group on ”SVO” affairs, who spoke to the Russian business news outlet RBC.",
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