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UN Analysis Finds Russia Responsible for 2022 Olenivka Prison Explosion Killing Ukrainian POWs, Ombudsman Says
- On Wednesday, UN experts confirmed Russia's Defense Ministry organized the July 2022 Olenivka attack, with an internal analysis concluding Moscow planned and carried out the strike.
- UN experts confirmed that Moscow’s Russian Ministry of Defense planned and carried out the July 2022 Olenivka attack, indicating high-level orchestration without Wagner’s involvement.
- UN experts confirmed Russia organized the July 2022 Olenivka attack, identifying the 3OF74 thermobaric round fired from a 2A51/60/80/801 howitzer-mortar system as the weapon used.
- In its aftermath, over 50 Ukrainian POWs were killed and around 130 injured, while Russia falsely blamed Ukraine using a HIMARS missile claim.
- Despite evidence, the UN’s Olenivka mission was dissolved over safety concerns, with calls for continued investigation and accountability despite Russia’s repeated violations of POW protections.
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‘I don’t want this exchange anymore’ After their release, Russian POWs are being sent back to war instead of home to their families
Back in May, Russia and Ukraine carried out the largest prisoner exchange since the beginning of the full-scale war, with each side releasing 1,000 soldiers. But the families of many returned Russian servicemen say their husbands, brothers, and sons weren’t allowed home for a single day — not even those who were seriously wounded. Instead, they were taken straight back to the front. Now, some families are pleading with the authorities to let the…
How the Russian FSB secret service is recruiting Ukrainian teenagers into its ranks. Some of them unknowingly ended up as suicide bombers. The UN reports a sharp increase in civilian casualties. It also confirmed the Russian massacre in Olenivka. The Washington Post and analyst Yan Matveyev analyze why the Russian offensive is not going as they expected. Gideon Rachman warns that Ukraine could quickly run out of weapons. Map of the day: gray […]
Experts named weapons from which the Russian Armed Forces hit the colony with Ukrainian prisoners of war
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