Ukraine struggles to identify thousands of soldiers' remains as relatives ache for news
Published on: Sept. 16, 2025, 11:36 a.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
At least 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have been reported missing. In the last four months, more than 7,000 mostly unidentified bodies have been brought to Ukraine in refrigerated rail cars and trucks, the piles of white plastic sacks a grim reminder of the cost of the worst conflict in Europe since World War Two. GRISLY WORK OF IDENTIFYING BODIES Reuters spoke to eight experts including police investigators, the interior minister, Ukrainian and international forensic scientists and volunteers, and visited a forensic DNA laboratory in Kyiv.
