Rebecca Ritters in Odesa, Ukraine
February 2, 2026Advertisement
In Odesa, forensic teams work in converted train cars to identify fallen Ukrainian soldiers returned from Russia. Many arrive unnamed and decomposed, yet experts document every clue and run DNA tests to match them with families. Only 700 of 3,000 bodies in the region have been identified so far — offering closure to relatives like Yuliia, who spent a year searching for her missing husband.