The General Staff reacted to the targeted artillery shelling of a correctional institution in Olenivka village of the Donetsk Region. Ukrainian prisoners of war were held there.

The attack was targeted and deliberate. The invaders also tried to accuse Ukraine of “war crimes”.

The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“The Armed forces of the Russian Federation carried out a targeted artillery shelling of a correctional institution in Olenivka village, Donetsk Region, where Ukrainian prisoners were held. With this attack the Russian invaders pursued their criminal goals to accuse Ukraine of committing “war crimes”, as well as to hide the torture and executions of prisoners carried out on the orders of the occupation “administration” and the command of the armed forces of the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk Region,” the General Staff reported.

The consequences of the shelling are being clarified.

According to the Commander of the Missile Forces and Artillery of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not launch missile or artillery strikes in the Olenivka area.

“Thanks to the high-precision weapons received from partner countries, missile and artillery troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine deliver extremely accurate strikes only on Russian military objects” the General Staff emphasized.

It was emphasized that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fully adhere to the principles and fulfill the norms of International Humanitarian Law. It has never conducted and is not conducting shelling of civilian infrastructure, especially places where Ukrainian prisoners of war are likely to be kept.

The General Staff also emphasized that the invaders continue its propaganda methods of conducting information war in order to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine of shelling civilian infrastructure and the population, thus hiding its own insidious actions.

“Statements about the alleged shelling of civilian infrastructure and the population by the Armed Forces of Ukraine are outright lies and provocation, the responsibility of which is borne by Russia, the aggressor country, the invader, and the sponsor of terrorism,” the message said.

On the morning of July 29, Russian propagandists announced the death of Ukrainian prisoners of war. They were kept in a penitentiary facility in the occupied Olenivka village of the Donetsk Region.

The Russian disinformation network is promoting a story of an alleged “attack” at the prison from the Ukrainian side. In addition to the 40 dead, propagandists claim 130 POWs are wounded.

At the time of this publication, the Russian media reports that the number of dead has increased to 53, and the number of wounded – 75 soldiers.

Russian media and Telegram channels release videos featuring dead bodies without specifying the circumstances of their deaths.