Tens of Ukraine Azovstal fighters’ bodies still in Mariupol: Ex-commander

The former commander of Ukraine’s Azov National Guard regiment says the bodies of tens of Ukrainian fighters killed during the siege of Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks are still awaiting retrieval.

Maksym Zhorin said that under the terms of a recent exchange, some 220 bodies of those killed in Azovstal had been sent to Kyiv, but “just as many bodies still remain in Mariupol”. One-third of the dead were from the Azov battalion, while the others were border patrol, navy, and police.