The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine is investigating the attack on the colony in the occupied Olenivka, which resulted in the death of 40 and wounding of 130 Ukrainians, including captured military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and civilians..

“According to the investigation, on July 29, the occupying state struck at the territory of correctional colony No. 120 in the temporarily occupied village of Olenivka, Volnovakhsky district, Donetsk region (. ) It has been established that in this colony the occupiers have organized a place of captivity, where civilians and prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are illegally detained,” the report says..

The case was opened on. 2 Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - violation of the laws and customs of war, associated with premeditated murder. The article provides for punishment up to life imprisonment.. Pre-trial investigation continues.

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Recall that on the night of July 29, Russian troops carried out targeted deliberate shelling of the colony in Olenivka in the occupied territory of the Donetsk region.. It held Ukrainian prisoners of war, including defenders of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

Russian propagandists tried to blame the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the murder of Ukrainians, but the General Staff of the Ukrainian forces noted that there were no rocket and artillery strikes in the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Olenivka. The goal of the Russian occupiers is an attempt to hide the murders and torture of the Ukrainian military.

The president's office, in turn, noted that by such actions the Russian side is trying to disrupt agreements on the exchange of prisoners who surrendered to Azovstal under certain guarantees.