• Ukraine and Russia have exchanged the remains of soldiers, with Kiev receiving 501 Ukrainian troops and Moscow receiving 31 Russian soldiers.
• Since the beginning of 2025, Ukraine has recovered the remains of nearly 21,000 fallen service members, while Russia has received just over 660 bodies in return, attributed to the steady advance of Russian forces.
• Estimates put the number of Ukrainian military deaths at just over 200,000 and Russian military losses at 350,000, based on publicly available obituaries and other open-source data.

Ukraine and Russia carried out another exchange of the remains of fallen soldiers, both sides said on Thursday.

Kiev received the bodies of 501 Ukrainian troops, Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on Telegram.

Russian media reported that Moscow received the remains of 31 Russian soldiers.

Since the beginning of 2025, Ukraine has recovered the remains of nearly 21,000 fallen service members, while Russia has received just over 660 bodies in return.

The large disparity has been attributed to the steady advance of Russian forces, which has often left Ukrainian troops unable to recover their dead from the battlefield.

Ukraine has been defending itself against Russia's full-scale invasion since February 2022. Both sides keep their military casualty figures classified.

But based on publicly available obituaries and other open-source data, estimates put the number of Ukrainian military deaths at just over 200,000, while Russian military losses are estimated at 350,000.