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Dozens of Ukrainian POWs from the Azov Mariupol unit were reportedly killed in a prison in Donetsk Oblast when Russian forces allegedly herded them into a building and set off thermobaric charges.

Olenivka, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Dozens of Ukrainian POWs from the Azov Mariupol unit were reportedly killed in a prison in Donetsk Oblast when Russian forces allegedly herded them into a building and set off thermobaric charges.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Ostap Shved had 9 shrapnel wounds - eight in the leg and one in the hand

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian artillery strikes were recorded towards Olenivka, and Ukrainian prisoners had been transferred to the hit barracks a few days prior.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: speculation

You were in Olenivka camp when an explosion occurred killing 57 POWs and injuring over 100 on July 29, 2022, in what Kyiv called a deliberate Russian war crime.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

At least 51 Ukrainian prisoners of war died in the bombardment of the Moscow-controlled Olenivka jail

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Over 20,000 people died in Mariupol due to attacks by Russian forces.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

As a result of the strike, about 40 people died and 130 were injured.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.966Z

Source story: day-160-2023-02-12