Russian public television broadcast images on Friday presented as those of this prison, under the control of Donetsk separatists. The kyiv army has denied being responsible for the attack and blames Moscow in turn.
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Did Ukraine kill 40 of its soldiers, prisoners of pro-Russian separatists, in a bombardment? This is what the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a press release on Friday July 29, without providing any proof. On the same day, kyiv in turn accused Russia of being behind the attack.
According to Moscow, shots from a Himars artillery system, supplied to Ukraine by the United States, hit a prison in Olenivka, in the Donetsk region, also injuring 75 people. The leader of the pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, reported on the Rossiya 24 channel a death toll of 47, while the separatist territorial defense forces mentioned 53 dead.
Russia claims to see this as a deliberate act by Ukraine: “This outrageous provocation is intended to scare Ukrainian soldiers and deter them from surrendering.” According to her, members of the Azov regiment detained since the fall of Mariupol are among the detainees. L’announcement Russian could not be independently verified late Friday morning.
For its part, the Ukrainian general staff accused the Russian army in return of being at the origin of this “artillery bombardment target“. According to kyiv, this attack would allow Moscow to “accusing Ukraine of having committed war crimes and covering up the torture of prisoners and the executions that they perpetrated there”.
The Ukrainian armed forces claim to have no “never proceeded” and not proceed”bombing of civilian infrastructure, especially in places where prisoners of war are likely to be held”assured the army in a press release.