DPR to transfer bodies of 3 Ukrainian soldiers to Kyiv

DONETSK. Jan 13 (Interfax) - The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) will hand the bodies of three Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen over to the Ukrainian side on Friday, the DPR Defense Ministry said.

"The bodies of three Ukrainian servicemen will be handed over at the Kalinin morgue at 1:15 p.m.-1:20 p.m. today," a ministry spokesman told reporters.

It was reported earlier that the militia had evacuated the bodies of three Ukrainian servicemen killed near the city of Mariupol and was ready to transfer them to the Ukrainian side.