National Security and Defense Council to Establish Body for Identifying Fallen Military Personnel
Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) is set to create a dedicated working body to accelerate the identification of fallen military personnel. This initiative, announced by NSDC Secretary Ihor Klymenko, aims to streamline the process by uniting all relevant state structures. The new body will address delays, identify missing decisions, and assign responsibility for their implementation. Klymenko emphasized the need to strengthen the forensic medical examination system by increasing the number of specialists and establishing specialized regional bureaus focused solely on identifying military bodies. This move comes as the head of the Presidential Office, Kyrylo Budanov, reported that over 26,000 bodies and remains have been returned to Ukraine through repatriation efforts, with many still unidentified due to bureaucratic hurdles and regulatory violations within the forensic medical examination system. The process is further complicated by the condition of the bodies and instances where Russ...
