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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shaun Walker in Kyiv, and Pjotr Sauer

Kremlin disrespecting families as it stalls return of own dead, says Zelenskiy

The burial service of a Ukrainian serviceman in Lviv on Monday
The burial service of a Ukrainian serviceman, Pavlo Chernikov, who was killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine, in Lviv on Monday. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has accused Russian authorities of disrespect towards the families of their own dead soldiers, criticising Moscow for not agreeing on a scheme to have the remains of those killed in action returned to Russia.

Zelenskiy claimed the Kremlin was affording less respect to those killed during its invasion of Ukraine than is usually given to dead pets.

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