Rapatriement des corps des séparatistes tués à l’Aéroport international de Donetsk (vers la Russie et la Tchétchénie)
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Dozens of pro-Russia separatists were killed after Ukrainian security forces launched an assault on Donetsk International Airport on Monday, following the militants’ seizure of a terminal.
Now the grim task of returning the dead to their families is under way.
At least 33 Russian citizens are among the militants killed during the violence, a spokesman for the self-declared “Donetsk People’s Republic” told a CNN team at the morgue.
The bodies have been identified and there is an agreement with the local police to escort the remains back to Russia soon, several separatist representatives said.
The bodies will first be taken across the border to the southwestern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. From there, they will be transported to different towns according to where they are from in Russia and Chechnya.
The CNN team at the morgue in Donetsk city saw at least 10 coffins.
The separatist spokesman at the morgue said that the men were volunteers from across Russia who had come to help stand with the separatists against the authorities in Kiev.
The spokesman also said that there are still around 15 bodies left at Donetsk International Airport, which the separatists haven’t yet been able to collect or identify.
The death toll from Monday’s violence at the airport could be as high as 70, he added.