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DONETSK, UKRAINE (JAN. 11, 2026) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF PLATSDARM ORGANIZATION VOLUNTEERS CONDUCTING IDENTIFICATION PROCESS AND RETRIEVING FALLEN SOLDIERS IN BODY BAGS DONETSK, UKRAINE - JAN. 11: Volunteers from Ukraine’s Platsdarm organization have been working in the Donetsk region to recover and identify the remains of fallen Russian soldiers.

Footage recorded on Sunday, Jan. 11, shows volunteers inspecting body bags and personal belongings, a critical process for identifying the deceased and facilitating possible future exchanges or repatriation.

Established in February 2022 by Oleksii Yukov, the independent group is made up of ten volunteers with expertise in search and recovery operations.

The team often operates under highly dangerous conditions, entering so-called “gray zones” near active fighting to recover bodies and return them to their families.

Russia started its "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022 to "denazify" and "demilitarize" Ukraine.

According to its memorandum for the settlement of the conflict, Moscow has demanded a ban on Kyiv joining military alliances and withdrawal of Ukraine's troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, the regions it annexed after a referendum in September 2022, among others.

Ukraine has called the terms an "ultimatum" and has called for a ceasefire as a prerequisite for meaningful talks.