Moscow, June 12 -- Russia has returned the remains of 1,212 Ukrainian soldiers in the latest exchange with Kiev, RT reported, citing Kremlin official Vladimir Medinsky.

The bodies, recovered from multiple front-line regions, mark a continued effort in the humanitarian coordination between the two nations.

According to RT, the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War first announced the transfer.

The remains were recovered from Kursk, Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye regions of Russia, along with Ukraine's Kharkiv region. No individual identities were released. Meanwhile, Russia received the remains of 27 of its soldiers during the exchange.

RT further reported that Medinsky, Moscow's chief neg...