{"id":154964,"date":"2023-04-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/?p=917177"},"modified":"2023-04-23T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T00:00:00","slug":"ukraine-latest-hundreds-of-dead-russian-soldiers-found-on-battlefields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2023\/04\/23\/ukraine-latest-hundreds-of-dead-russian-soldiers-found-on-battlefields\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine latest: Hundreds of dead Russian soldiers found on battlefields"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Ukrainian artilleryman of the Aidar battalion holds an artillery shell on a front line position near Bakhmut, Donetsk region - ANATOLII STEPANOV\/AFP
\nUkrainian military search teams have recovered hundreds of dead Russian soldiers on battlefields across the country since the beginning of the war, an official has said.
\nTeams tasked with locating bodies of missing Ukrainian soldiers in almost 600 locations since the war began have recovered approximately 500 Russian military personnel, as well as just under 500 Ukrainian soldiers, Colonel Volodymyr Liamzin said on Saturday.
\nThe Ukrainian military is organising the \u201cthe return of the occupiers' bodies to representatives of the Russian Federation,\u201d the head of the Central Department of Civil-Military Cooperation of the General Staff of the Armed Forces said.
\nIt is not unusual for the search teams to have encountered dead Russian soldiers, as the front lines in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine have moved several times in the past few months.
\n10:41 AM
\n\u2018Consternation\u2019 in France after China\u2019s ambassador questioned sovereignty of post-Soviet nations
\nChina\u2019s ambassador to France has sparked anger in eastern Europe and \u201cconsternation\u201d in Paris after he appeared on a French news channel and suggested that countries which emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union \"don't have effective status under international law because there is not an international agreement confirming their status as sovereign nations.\"
\nLu Shaye\u2019s comments on the LCI news channel have implications not just for Ukraine, but all former Soviet republics which emerged as independent countries after 1991, including many EU member states.
\nThe French foreign ministry issued a statement on Saturday evening saying it had \"learned with consternation about the statements from the ambassador\".
\n\"It remains up to China to say whether these statements reflect its position which we hope not to be the case,\" the statement added.
\nThe comments from the ambassador come after the news earlier this week that French President Emmanuel Macron is said to be drawing up secret plans with China to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table \"by this summer\".
\nStory continues
\n10:24 AM
\nIn pictures: Ukrainian soldiers training near Zaporizhzhia
\nMembers of Ukrainian Armed Forces are seen during their shooting training with heavy weapons at the areas close to the frontline in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine - Anadolu Agency\/Anadolu Agency
\nMembers of Ukrainian Armed Forces are seen during their shooting training with heavy weapons at the areas close to the frontline in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine - Anadolu Agency\/Anadolu Agency
\n10:07 AM
\nG7 calls for 'extension, full implementation and expansion' of Black Sea grain deal
\nThe G7 have called for the \u201cextension, full implementation and expansion\u201d of a crucial deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
\nThe Black Sea grain deal was brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last July, and allowed Ukraine to export more than 27 million tons of grain from several of its ports on the Black Sea. However, Russia has strongly signalled that it will not allow the deal to continue after May 18, as a list of demands it has made to the West to facilitate its own grain and fertiliser exports has not been met.
\nThe group\u2019s agriculture ministers released a communique on Sunday following a two-day meeting in Japan, in which they said they \"recognised the importance of the deal\".
\n\"We strongly support the extension, full implementation and expansion of (the Black Sea Grain Initiative) BSGI.\"
\n\"We condemn Russia's attempts to use food as a means of destabilisation and as tool of geopolitical coercion and reiterate our commitment to acting in solidarity and supporting those most affected by Russia's weaponisation of food,\" they added.
\n09:57 AM
\nLatest MoD update
\nLatest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 23 April 2023.
\nFind out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: https:\/\/t.co\/EAO2VGwncm
\n🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com\/S5hmwFoNdq \u2014 Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) April 23, 2023
\n09:54 AM
\nSpain ships six Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine
\nSix Leopard 2A4 tanks headed to Ukraine left Spain by ship on Friday, according to a naval monitoring website.
\nWitnesses for Reuters said that the tanks and armoured personnel carriers were driven onto a cargo vessel. The boat will travel to Poland, where the vehicles will be transferred to Ukraine ahead of an expected spring counteroffensive.
\nEarlier this month, Spain\u2019s defence minister Margarita Robles said that Spain would send 10 Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine. The Spanish military is repairing the remaining four.
\nIt was unclear when the equipment would arrive.
\n09:51 AM
\nGood morning
\nGood morning and welcome to today's Ukraine liveblog.
\nWe will be guiding you through all the latest updates on Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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