Hundreds of thousands are needed to identify dead Ukrainian soldiers
Dnepropetrovsk, November 14 (PolitNavigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – The Dnepropetrovsk regional state administration allocated an additional approximately 600 thousand UAH to conduct DNA tests to identify dead ATO fighters.
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This was stated by Elena Lugovaya, Head of the Department for Reform Implementation, Organizational Work, and Handling Citizen Appeals at the Regional State Administration, as reported by the Regional State Administration press service.
“Within the funding of our industry, we were able to provide the forensic medical examination bureau with the opportunity to conduct complex genetic research, such as identifying the dead soldiers in the ATO zone. The money was allocated from the regional budget, about 600 thousand UAH. This has already supported 392 expensive studies,” she said.
In the Donbass there are six points for collecting DNA material from relatives whose loved ones disappeared in the ATO zone.
As PolitNavigator reported, after the Ilovaisk tragedy, volunteers said that morgues in the regions neighboring Donbass were overflowing with unidentified bodies of dead soldiers.
Hundreds of thousands are needed to identify the dead Ukrainian soldiers.