Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation to Ukraine are ready to participate in the process of identification of the bodies of servicemen who have died in Donbas, as well as providing information and psychological support to members of their families in a format adopted by representatives of the agencies involved in this process, the ICRC delegation said.

During an inter-departmental meeting in the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Center for Ensuring Peacekeeping Activities and Implementation of International Treaties, head of the Military-Civilian Cooperation Department of the Ukrainian Armed Forces informed about the difficulties in identification of remains and cases when family members refuse to recognize the results of DNA tests, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on its website on Monday.

Maria Dolores Morcillo Mendez, forensics coordinator for the ICRC delegation to Ukraine, and Fabien Bourdier, deputy coordinator on missing persons of the ICRC delegation to Ukraine, in turn, informed about a complex scientific approach to identification in difficult cases and circumstances.

Apart from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's representatives and the ICRC delegation to Ukraine, representatives of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, the National Police, the Healthcare Ministry, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office and the Security Service of Ukraine participated in the meeting. During it, the issues of identification of the bodies and information and psychological support to the members of families of the deceased and missing persons were discussed and possible solutions to these issues were offered.

KYIV. Jan 23 (Interfax) - Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation to Ukraine are ready to participate in the process of identification of the bodies of servicemen who have died in Donbas, as well as providing information and psychological support to members of their families in a format adopted by representatives of the agencies involved in this process, the ICRC delegation said.

During an inter-departmental meeting in the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Center for Ensuring Peacekeeping Activities and Implementation of International Treaties, head of the Military-Civilian Cooperation Department of the Ukrainian Armed Forces informed about the difficulties in identification of remains and cases when family members refuse to recognize the results of DNA tests, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on its website on Monday.

Maria Dolores Morcillo Mendez, forensics coordinator for the ICRC delegation to Ukraine, and Fabien Bourdier, deputy coordinator on missing persons of the ICRC delegation to Ukraine, in turn, informed about a complex scientific approach to identification in difficult cases and circumstances.

Apart from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's representatives and the ICRC delegation to Ukraine, representatives of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, the National Police, the Healthcare Ministry, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office and the Security Service of Ukraine participated in the meeting. During it, the issues of identification of the bodies and information and psychological support to the members of families of the deceased and missing persons were discussed and possible solutions to these issues were offered.