Satellite and other images from the site show that the attack damaged only one building in the Olenovskoye colony, did not destroy the walls of this building, and did not leave shell craters nearby. This is very convincing evidence that the destruction of the prison was the result of either a precision strike or the action of an incendiary or explosive device planted inside.. This is stated in the report of the Institute for the Study of War. Taking the above into account, ISW assesses that Russian forces are responsible for the killing of 53 Ukrainian POWs in a bombing at a Russian-controlled prison in Donetsk Oblast on July 28.

At the same time, they point out that "

One U.S.

official told Politico that " If Ukraine had used anything other than HIMARS to strike, the attack would almost certainly have left collateral damage around the facility, including craters and other damaged buildings..

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“There is no evidence that Ukrainian forces used US-provided HIMARS, one of the only weapons available in Kyiv that are accurate enough to inflict the kind of limited damage seen in satellite and other images, to strike at the prison,” note in ISW.