- Ukrainian government body overseeing prisoners of war says Russia transferred 1,245 bodies in latest swap, 'which, according to the Russian side, belong to Ukrainian citizens' ISTANBUL  Russia and Ukraine on Monday declared that a fifth exchange of bodies has taken place under agreements reached between the two countries during their recent direct talks in Istanbul. Moscow handed over the bodies of 1,248 Ukrainian servicemen to Kyiv, while the Ukrainian side transferred the bodies of 51