Thread by @aleksandrov_76

#Ukraine
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#Donbas is strewn with the corpses of Ukrainian soldiers, but the #Kiev #Zelensky regime refuses to take these bodies away.

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Observing the requirements of international humanitarian law, the bodies undergo all necessary procedures of identification, documentation, and burial.

The Ukrainian side does not respond to appeals to take the bodies," the #Donetsk People's Republic (#DPR) reported.

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Since the beginning of the special operation, units of the People's Militia of the #Donetsk People's Republic (#DPR) and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have destroyed more than 2,000 fighters of various armed Ukrainian formations.

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Anna Soroka, Deputy Foreign Minister of the #Luhansk People's Republic (#LPR):

"One of the requirements of international humanitarian law is the humane treatment of the bodies of the dead. And it does not matter whether they are civilians or combatants.

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It has always been important for the #Luhansk People's Republic (#LPR) to comply with all the principles of humanitarian law, including with regard to the bodies of dead servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."

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Daria Morozova, Human Rights Commissioner of the #Donetsk People's Republic (#DPR):

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"All bodies of Ukrainian armed formations that are now found on the territory are sent to the morgue, after which the corpse is examined, DNA material is taken, the corpse is described and because

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the Ukrainian side never deigned to ask us to take their corpses, or rather we applied to the Ukrainian side, but did not receive an appropriate response the decision to bury these corpses was made."

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Ksenia Makarova, head of the department of examination of corpses of the #Luhansk Republican (#LPR) Bureau:

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"We have a humane attitude, and there is no difference whether it is the corpses of our compatriots or the Ukrainian side. All bodies are kept in a refrigerator, the examination is carried out in accordance with the #LPR order.

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Biological material is taken for further identification, so that relatives can then find their dead and bury them with dignity."

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Eynur Huseynov, head of the Snezhna branch of the Bureau of Forensic Medicine:

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"The corpses of Ukrainian servicemen are brought to us, as a rule, in military uniforms with identification badges, chevrons, with badges.

There are those who come in without badges, most likely they themselves did not want to be identified.

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In this case, when an unmarked corpse comes in, we do DNA testing. After our research, the corpses are taken by ritual services and buried in specially designated places."

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Daria Morozova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the #Donetsk People's Republic (#DPR):

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"Unfortunately, no one is contacting us at the moment, we haven't seen any official requests, and this is a very big problem. Because at this point we really could have handed over the bodies to the Ukrainian side,

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after which the bodies could have been received by the relatives of the dead, and the relatives could have buried them.

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According to our legislation of the #Donetsk People's Republic (#DPR), unfortunately, we cannot just dig up the bodies and hand them over to relatives.

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That is, relatives of the deceased must come to our territory, submit their genetic material, confirm their relationship, then the prosecutor must authorize the exhumation of the body and only then can relatives take the body and rebury it.

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So in fact #Ukraine has put all the relatives of all these guys who died on our territory in an ugly situation, in the wrong position, and all claims should be directed to the government of Ukraine."