Kiev
“This is a premeditated Russian war crime, deliberate mass murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war.”, President Vladimir Zelensky said. On Friday, July 29, explosions destroyed a prison colony where Ukrainian prisoners were held in Olenivka, a Moscow-controlled area of Donbass, 15 km from the front line. According to the Russian occupation authorities, 53 were killed and 75 were injured as a result of the bombing, including members of the “Azov” battalion. These soldiers surrendered in May after a weeks-long siege in Mariupol, where they held the stronghold of the Azovstal steel plant.
When they “They left the factory, the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) pledged to protect our soldiers.”, – the head of state of Ukraine was upset. The ICRC has asked to inspect the site, but the Kremlin is unlikely to respond positively to this request. Russia regularly obstructs the investigation…
Source: Le Figaro
