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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 Institute for the Study of War UNIAN Kyiv Independent

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Source Reports

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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.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Geolocated footage posted on December 9 indicates that Russian forces advanced westward across Myru Street in northern Novotroitske (southwest of Pokrovsk)

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian military conducted a counterattack and regained recently lost positions in Velyka Novoselivka area

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian troops use drones to target civilians and humanitarian workers

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