Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of bombing POW prison which reportedly kills 40

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.

Do better in your headline ABC. Don’t become part of Russia’s propaganda to conceal its war crimes. In WW2 would you have reported what Hitler and Goebels said in this way.There are reports no Russian guards died or injured etc. Russian govt lie!

So basically the Russians murdered the POWs and blamed it on a Ukrainian strike. Like the 22000 Polish soldiers they murdered in WW2.

Believe US, we have nothing to do with it. We were just shooting photos

Funny how not one prison guard was injured. Why do you even bother to reguritate what Russia claims? Just like Bucha didn't happen and MH17 was shot down by Ukraine. Get a FREAKIN CLUE

Where is the humanity in allowing this to go on. The leaders of the world should be ashamed of themselves. So many lives have been destroyed,there is no real retaliation for the Russian lies and murder.The world has turned to shit and nothing is being done to stop it. So fukn sad

Russia trying to cover up their war crimes. One of them also castrated a Ukrainian POW. They are degenerates.

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