Donetsk People’s Republic won’t hand over the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen until Ukraine organizes the reciprocal process

27th of March, 2015. Donetsk People’s Republic, Novorossiya.

In future, the Donetsk People’s Republic won’t hand over the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen until Ukraine organizes the reciprocal process, the representative the DPR’s commission for prisoners of war Liliya Rodionova told the journalists.

“We have sent inquires to the Ukrainian side requesting them to hand over the bodies of our dead fighters, but our dialogue has failed so far. The letters have been also sent to Major-General Rozmaznin. We have 20 bodies more, but will not hand them over, no matter how cynical it may sound, until the Ukrainian side returns the bodies of the DPR fighters,” – she said.

Currently in Donetsk the procedure of handing over to representatives of volunteer organizations of 22 bodies of Ukrainian military, who had died in the course of fighting in the Donetsk airport.

Rodionova added that all those concerned about handing over of the dead bodies should turn to the Committee on the POW Issues – its contact information can be found in social networks.