Ukraine Russia Online: According to Zelenský, the situation in Donbas has hardly changed in the last day – SME

Russia has so far returned 210 bodies of Mariupol defenders to Kiev. Most belonged to the defenders of the Azovstal steelworks. Russia, which now controls the destroyed port city, began returning the bodies of Ukrainian fighters last week. Ukraine said on Saturday that the two sides had exchanged a total of 320 bodies, each of which received 160 remains. It is not clear whether additional bodies were handed over to Russia. Regiment Azov, together with other units of Ukrainian forces, defended the huge steelworks for almost three months, then at the command of the Ukrainian army they laid down their weapons. It is not clear how many bodies could remain in the steel mills, which were surrounded by Russian forces and ruthlessly shelled and bombed from the air and from the sea. DPA and Reuters, referring to a report by the Russian news agency TASS on Wednesday night, reported that more than 1,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war and foreign fighters had been transferred to Russia for investigation. captured by Russian forces in Azovstale. According to a TASS source, other Ukrainian prisoners will be sent to Russia. Kiev fears that Ukrainian prisoners of war who surrendered to Russian troops could be murdered or tortured. (TASR)