Law enforcement officers identified 17 individuals responsible for torturing prisoners of war in Donetsk Oblast between 2014 and 2022.
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Law enforcement officers have identified 17 people who abused prisoners of war in Donetsk Oblast.
The 'DPR' included an illegal 'Ministry of State Security' and 'Kalinin Correctional Colony No. 27' which were punitive bodies aiming to destroy Ukrainians.
There were Ukrainians within the ranks of these punitive bodies in addition to Russians.
Four foreign fighters, including two Americans, a Canadian, and a Swede, were ambushed by a Russian tank in eastern Ukraine on July 18.
The fighters were part of a special operations force within the Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Four foreign military volunteers were killed in an ambush by Russian tanks on July 18, 2022, in Hryhorivka, Donetsk Oblast.
On July 18, a 17-year-old boy was injured as a result of enemy artillery shelling in the city of Hirnyk, Donetsk region.
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