Rostov-on-Don - Russian border guards handed over to Ukraine nine wounded troops and the bodies of four people at the checkpoint Matveyev Kurgan in the early hours of Monday, July 28, Vasily Malayev, a representative of the Russian Federal Security Service's Border Guard Service for the Rostov region, told Interfax.
“The Ukrainian troops were handed over around 3 a.m. Moscow time,” he said.
A humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of the Ukrainian troops encircled by the militia on the territory of Russia for handing them over to Ukraine resumed its operation on Sunday, July 27.
According to earlier reports, the Ukrainian authorities again asked for assistance with the evacuation of their dead and wounded troops. Six wounded Ukrainian troops and four bodies of Ukrainian troops were taken to the Russian checkpoint Novoshakhtinsk. Another three wounded troops were handed over through the checkpoint Gukovo.
