President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that fighting in Donetsk Oblast is 'extremely challenging' but Ukraine has the strength to achieve its goals.
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Fighting in Donetsk Oblast is 'extremely challenging' and Russian forces have continued to focus the majority of their offensive operations in the area
'Ukraine has the strength to achieve its goals'
On the night of 28-29 July two years ago, the occupiers blew up a barracks in the Olenivka colony near Donetsk with Azov prisoners. As a result of the explosion, 54 Mariupol defenders were killed and 130 others were wounded.
The wounded Azov soldiers carried the bodies of their comrades. The occupiers left those who could be saved to die.
Olenivka is a crime against humanity, a violation of all possible rules of warfare and treatment of prisoners of war.
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