Jul 16, 07:17 PM

Lviv Mayor Proposes Swapping 355 Exhumed Soviet Soldiers for Ukrainian POWs

Lviv Mayor Andrey Sadovoy said he is willing to exchange the remains of 355 Soviet soldiers, recently exhumed from the city’s Hill of Glory memorial, for Ukrainian service members held by Russia. Sadovoy announced the proposal on his Telegram channel after confirming that the World War II monument had been dismantled and the soldiers’ remains removed. The mayor did not disclose whether Kyiv or Moscow had been formally approached with the offer, nor did he specify how such a transfer would be conducted. The suggestion is likely to draw scrutiny under international conventions that govern the treatment of war graves and prisoners of war.