Russia promised to return the remains of 6,000 Ukrainian soldiers, but Ukrainian President Zelenskyy refused.
MEDVEDEV stated today (June 8 Beijing Time): "Those bastards in Kyiv do not want to take back the bodies of the fallen soldiers. There are two reasons: admitting that there are 6,000 is terrifying, and they do not want to pay the widows. What a bunch of Satan's minions! Burn them in hell!"
[Witty] Additional information: At present, those deceased Ukrainian soldiers (possibly including foreign mercenaries) are only marked as "missing". Once officially declared dead, their families are entitled to compensation of 15 million hryvnias (UAH, 1 USD = 41.50 UAH), with 3 million UAH paid immediately and the remaining 12 million UAH paid over three years and three months. The estimated cost of receiving the remains of 6,000 fallen soldiers is 90 billion UAH (approximately $2.2 billion), which accounts for nearly 10% of Ukraine's annual military budget.
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