Kiev denies allegations, accusing Moscow of “deliberately” attacking prison where prisoners of war were
The war in Ukraine has seen numerous clashes this Friday in Donbas, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernigov, Kherson, Zaporizhia or Mykolaiv, among others. The most tragic was the bombing of a prison in the Olenivka colony in Donetsk, which left about 50 dead. The pro-Russian authorities, who control the place, have denounced the attack and attributed it to Ukraine. “53 people died and another 75 were injured” in the facilities housing “Ukrainian prisoners of war,” the Donetsk Territorial Defense Center said on its Telegram account. At the end of the day, the number of wounded rises to 130. The same pro-Russian sources say that, with the HIMARS multiple-missile system, “the criminal regime in Kiev deliberately destroyed Ukrainian militiamen who surrendered to cover the traces of their war crimes against the civilian population of Donbas’.
The government of Volodímir Zelensky denies the charges and blames the Kremlin for what happened. The General Staff assures that the Russians “deliberately” fired at the detention center to blame and “hide” Ukraine for committing war crimes, such as “torture of prisoners and executions”.
Some partial information suggests that the separatists had several Grad artillery batteries near the prison and that Ukrainian forces may have tried to destroy them with their HIMARS missiles. The leader of the self-proclaimed republic, Denis Pushilin, points out that there were more than 190 inmates in prison and denies that there were any foreign citizens, Russia’s Interfax agency said.
The SBU, the Ukrainian intelligence service, reports that members of the Azov regiment were captured in the barracks after their surrender at the Azovstal plant in Mariúpol in May. The founder and first commander of the battalion, Andriy Biletskyi, declares that the Russians killed his comrades at night, after he “deliberately” moved them to a separate building, and announces the search for all those involved in this ” mass murder of prisoners of war”. war”.
SBU sources say artillery strikes were recorded from Russian positions towards Olenivka. And according to their version, they intercepted phone calls in which the pro-Russians allegedly confirmed that Kremlin troops were responsible for the bombing. “Even the militants of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic do not believe the lies of the Russian propaganda. All the recordings will be presented as evidence in the corresponding criminal proceedings. According to the newspaper ‘Pravda’, the Ukrainian intelligence service warns that Russian mercenaries of the Wagner group bombings without coordinating with the Moscow Ministry of Defence.
Of the Ukrainian presidency, adviser Mijailo Polodiak explained that “the scale and speed of the information campaign by Russian propagandists indicates that it was a planned and organized action”. In addition, he states that “there are no operational military objectives” for the Kiev army in that place. In that sense, he stressed that it is a “classic, cynical and elaborate false flag operation” as “some of those detained were transferred to the facilities a few days before the crime.”
Kiev’s attempt to deny authorship is not trivial. If the Russian version were true, the Ukrainian forces would have bombed their own compatriots in one of their greatest strategic mistakes of the entire war; especially since in this prison were some of those who were considered “heroes” of the Mariupol resistance by the Zelensky government itself.
This is just one chapter in the black book written in Ukraine since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion on February 24. Another 20 settlements have been hit by offensives this Friday. Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv, Slaviansk, Bakhmut and Dnipropetrovsk, among others, were bombed. In Mykolaiv, Ukrainian authorities denounced a Russian cluster bomb attack – banned by several international conventions – at a bus stop that left five dead and 13 injured. The head of the local regional council, Hanna Zamazeyeva, has condemned the “deliberate attack on civilians”. Both the Zelensky government and Amnesty International have denounced that Russia has been using this type of ammunition for five months.
Yesterday, the Russian embassy in Spain published a controversial video on Twitter encouraging citizens to move to their country. The recording, lasting 53 seconds, shows Russian claims such as architecture, gastronomy, historical wealth, ballet, traditional values or Christianity. It also implies that Moscow has “beautiful women”, vodka, hospitality and “cheap water, electricity and gas”, in addition to “an economy that can withstand thousands of sanctions”, the video collects in an apparent attack on the West. Finally, in the colors white, blue and red (referring to the Russian flag), the embassy calls on citizens: «It’s time to move to Russia! Do not wait any longer, winter is coming », referring to the possible problems of the gas cut to Europe.
Source: La Verdad
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