MOSCOW, August 19. /TASS/. Moscow has repatriated another 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian servicemen to Kiev, receiving the bodies of 19 fallen Russian soldiers in return, a source told TASS.

"As many as 1,000 bodies have been handed over to Ukraine. Russia has received 19 bodies," the source said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 19 that Russia was ready to hand over to Ukraine another 3,000 bodies of dead Ukrainian servicemen in addition to the previously transferred 6,000 bodies.