A powerful explosion occurred in the penal colony No. 210 in Olenivka on the night of 28-29 July 2022, killing more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war from Azovstal and injuring about 130 others.
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The attack killed more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers and injured about 130 others.
The victims had the official status of prisoners of war and were verified by the ICRC.
Russia accused Ukraine of shelling using HIMARS.
The attack was carried out using thermobaric weapons.
The UN statement in July 2023 determined the attack 'was not caused by a HIMARS missile'.
The ICRC tried to get to the crime scene but was prevented by Russian occupiers.
On the night of July 28-29, 2022, the Russians carried out the most massive execution of prisoners of war known to us during the full-scale war. Around 50 POWs were killed and about 130 more were injured in Olenivka.
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Many of them were among the 54 Ukrainian prisoners killed in an explosion in Olenivka penal colony in the Russian-occupied part of Donetsk Oblast on July 28, 2022.
Ukraine accused Russia of orchestrating the explosion.
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