Russian public television broadcast images presented like that of this prison, under the control of Donetsk separatists.
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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 asserts in a press release, Friday, July 29, without providing proof.
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.
Russia claims to see this as a deliberate act by Ukraine: “This outrageous provocation aims to scare Ukrainian soldiers and dissuade them from surrendering”. According to her, members of the Azov regiment detained since the fall of Mariupol are among the detainees.
This announcement from Russia could not be verified by an independent source late Friday morning, and Ukraine did not react. Russian public television broadcast images presented as those of the charred barracks, without showing any bodies.