💥 Attack

Russian forces maintained artillery fire and launched airstrikes along the T1302 Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway but had not completely severed the road as of July 1.

Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast
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Russian forces maintained artillery fire and launched airstrikes along T1302 highway

Russian forces have not completely severed the T1302 road

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Over 50 Ukrainian POWs were killed in the Olenivka prison attack

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russia blamed Ukraine for the attack, but independent experts called it a deliberate war crime by Russia

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

According to Kyiv, Russia either hit the prison with artillery or blew it up from inside.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The Prosecutor General's Office said that Russia likely used a thermobaric munition to strike the prison.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:36.903Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-29