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Russia returns bodies of Ukrainian POWs without internal organs during exchanges

Russia returns bodies without internal organs during exchanges, which may indicate a black market for transplantation in Russia, relatives of prisoners of war say.

During the exchange of military remains, the Russian side returns bodies without internal organs.

According to Censor.NET, citing Ukrinform, relatives of prisoners of war reported this during a meeting in Ankara with Ambassador Vasyl Bodnar.

“It is now well known that we receive the bodies of tortured prisoners (during exchanges). We receive not only tortured bodies but bodies that, unfortunately, are without organs. This confirms the fact that the black market for organ transplantation in the Russian Federation is operational, and unfortunately, it is dealing with our prisoners of war. Therefore, I believe this should be communicated to the whole world to stop this crime,” the wife of one of the prisoners of war from the Mariupol garrison said.

She appealed to Turkish President Erdoğan to support the creation of a mixed medical commission to monitor the health of both Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war.

“And I would also like to ask Turkey to act as a patron country in resolving all humanitarian issues related to the exchange of prisoners of war,” she said.

“We hear very frightening things, and people are worried about their husbands and sons. This is real pain that drives us to work faster and encourage our international partners to take action. One of the main demands is to establish an international medical commission to examine the condition of our prisoners of war and help them address health problems… And this is one of the messages conveyed to the Turkish side,” Ambassador Bodnar said.

The diplomat hopes that Turkey, particularly in its role as a patron state, will actively assist the families of prisoners of war by gathering information about their relatives and facilitating exchanges.

Bogdan Rusinko

Ukraine Front Lines