Russia says Ukraine struck the prison in Olenivka, in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region, using US-supplied weapons. Ukraine denies the claim and says Russia deliberately bombed the prison to accuse Ukraine of war crimes.
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling a prison in the separatist eastern Donetsk region, which reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were captured after the fall of Mariupol in May.
The Russian officials and the separatist authorities in Donetsk said the attack killed 53 Ukrainian POWs and wounded 75 others. Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov described the strike as a "bloody provocation", aimed at discouraging Ukrainian soldiers from surrendering.On the other hand, the Ukrainian military denied any rocket or artillery strikes on Olenivka, insisting that it wasn't shelling civilian areas and only strikes Russian military targets.
It accused the Russian forces of deliberately shelling the prison in Olenivka in order to accuse Ukraine of war crimes and also to cover up torture and executions there.The Ukrainian statement denounced the Russian claims as part of an "information war" to "cover up their own treacherous action".Denis Pushilin, the region's Moscow-backed separatist leader, said the prison has 193 inmates. He didn't specify how many of them were Ukrainian POWs.
Ukrainian authorities in the Donetsk region said Russia has pressed on with the shelling of civilian targets in Ukrainian-held areas.
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