Ukraine received the bodies of what Russia said were 1,000 fallen soldiers on Thursday, a government official said, in a rare moment of co-operation between the two countries as peace talks remain stalled.

Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (POW) said officials would now "carry out all the necessary examinations to identify the repatriated bodies," adding identification would take place "as soon as possible."

It comes after Ukraine and Russia held several rounds of prisoner exchanges. The most recent, in August, saw both countries transfer 146 POWs each.

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The prisoner swaps and deals to return fallen soldiers are two of the few tangible results of the three rounds of Istanbul talks between

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