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Former Olenivka prison boss Sergey Yevsyukov was killed by a car bomb explosion in Russian-occupied Donetsk.

December 9, 2024 Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast

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Kyiv Post Ukrinform

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Sergey Yevsyukov (person) Olenivka prison (location) Serhiy Yevsyukov (person) Russian army (organization) Volodymyr Viktorovych (person) Stara Mykolayivka (location) Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian defenders (military_unit)

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Former Olenivka prison boss Sergey Yevsyukov, notorious for terrorism against Ukrainian POWs, was killed by a car bomb; some Russian media claim it was an act of Ukrainian special forces.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Former head of the Olenivka penitentiary, Serhiy Yevsyukov, was killed in a car explosion in temporarily occupied Donetsk.

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Extracted: 2026-02-17T04:17:39.105Z

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