{"id":393,"date":"2026-07-05T20:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=393"},"modified":"2026-07-05T20:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:36:59","slug":"russia-says-ukraine-rejects-local-ceasefire-for-handover-of-soldiers-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=393","title":{"rendered":"Russia says Ukraine rejects local ceasefire for handover of soldiers&#8217; bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">July 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Ukraine has refused to halt shelling of the \u200ctown of Kostiantynivka in the \u200ceast of the country to allow Russia \u200bto hand over the bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Russian military commanders \u200ctold President Vladimir \u2060Putin on Friday that Moscow&#8217;s forces had taken control \u2060of Kostiantynivka, though Ukraine denied the claim, saying its forces remained \u200bin control \u200bof the town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kostiantynivka \u200bis a key \u200clocality whose capture Moscow has long sought in its military campaign in the Donetsk region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_32ihlhl8b4lubsnqq5bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_32ihlhl8b4lubsnqq5bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_32ihlhl8b4lubsnqq5bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Russia said it had proposed a six-hour ceasefire in \u200cand around Kostiantynivka on \u200bMonday to facilitate the \u200bhandover \u200bof Ukrainian servicemen&#8217;s bodies and \u200chad given Kyiv until \u200b0900 GMT \u200bon Sunday to respond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukraine&#8217;s defence ministry and general staff did not \u200bimmediately \u200crespond to an emailed request for \u200bcomment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Reporting by Maxim Rodionov; Editing \u200bby David Holmes)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Ukraine has refused to halt shelling of the \u200ctown of Kostiantynivka in the \u200ceast of the country to allow Russia \u200bto hand over the bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday. 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