Ukraine struggles to identify thousands of soldiers' remains as relatives ache for news


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  • Tuesday, 16 Sep 2025

A photo of 37-years-old Yaroslav Kochemasov, serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine, who was declared missing-in-action in Donetsk region, is displayed on a phone of his wife Anastasiia Tsvietkova, 29, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 6, 2025. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

KYIV (Reuters) -It's more than a year since Anastasiia Tsvietkova's husband went missing fighting the Russians near the eastern city of Pokrovsk, and she doesn't know whether he's alive or dead.

Russia does not routinely provide information about those captured or killed, and there has been no news from fellow soldiers or the International Red Cross, which can sometimes visit prisoner-of-war camps.

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