{"id":195985,"date":"2026-07-16T16:57:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195985\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:57:59","slug":"russia-returns-remains-of-501-ukrainian-soldiers-via-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195985\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia returns remains of 501 Ukrainian soldiers via Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>July 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> Russia and Ukraine have exchanged fallen soldiers\u2019 remains at the Novaja Huta border checkpoint at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, Belarusian state-run media outlets report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia returned the bodies of 501 deceased Ukrainians, while Kyiv handed over 31 bodies of Russian servicemen. Ukraine\u2019s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War and Russia\u2019s <em>TASS <\/em>confirmed these numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, most of similar exchanges between Russia and Ukraine took place in Belarus: on April 9, May 15, June 18 and July 16. The locations of two other exchanges have not been disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prisoner swaps in Belarus took place eight times in 2026, most recently on June 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus was involved in 18 exchanges in 2025 and 12 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Ukraine, Russia swap prisoners in Belarus in eighth exchange this year<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 26, Pozirk. Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war in Belarusian territory for the eighth time since the start of 2026, with each side releasing 160 people, Kyiv and Moscow reported. The Russian defense ministry said that exchanged &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/193509\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 16, Pozirk. Russia and Ukraine have exchanged fallen soldiers\u2019 remains at the Novaja Huta border checkpoint at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, Belarusian state-run media outlets report. Russia returned the bodies of 501 deceased Ukrainians, while Kyiv handed over 31 bodies of Russian servicemen. Ukraine\u2019s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War and Russia\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-195985","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russia returns remains of 501 Ukrainian soldiers via Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 16, Pozirk. 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