The Russian Ministry of Defense released the names of 50 dead and 73 wounded on Saturday, a day after the attack on the camp in Donetsk, where Ukrainian prisoners of war were held, reports DPA. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of bombing a prison in separatist-controlled territory.

Most of the 193 prisoners of war in Olenivka (Russian: Olenovka) were killed or wounded, the Russian agency said on Saturday.

By Saturday morning, the bodies of 48 Ukrainian prisoners were found, two more died on the way to the hospital, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported, adding that the wounded were receiving medical assistance.

Mutual accusations

Russia says the strike was carried out by a long-range HIMARS multiple-launch missile delivered to Ukraine by the United States as Kyiv seeks to retake territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.

On Sunday, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that Russia had sent an official invitation to experts of the Red Cross and the United Nations “as part of the investigation into the attack on the pre-trial detention center in Olenivka”, writes the newspaper “Izvestia”. in its online edition.

“All political, criminal and moral responsibility for the bloodshed of Ukrainians is borne personally by Zelenskyi, his criminal regime and Washington as his supporter,” the Russian ministry said.

“Ukraine is making futile attempts to accuse Moscow of attacking the pre-trial detention center in the DPR. They could have fired with something other than the US-supplied HIMARS if they were smarter,” the deputy ambassador said in turn. of Russia at the UN by Dmitry Polyansky in a Twitter post cited by the official Russian news agency TASS on Sunday.

Ukraine says it will never fire on a civilian position – especially one where its own people are – and has accused Russia of orchestrating a retaliatory attack on Ukrainian nationalists among prisoners from Mariupol a few weeks ago, DPA recalls.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a video message called Russia a terrorist state and accused Russian troops of destroying the prison.

He also called on all those who remained in Donetsk region to leave it while they are still alive, despite the ongoing assault of Russian troops.

It is impossible to independently confirm any statement due to the martial law in most of the territory of Ukraine.

Currently, Russia classifies the occupied territories as a temporary “military-civilian administration.”

“Local authorities are likely to force the population to disclose personal data for the preparation of voter registers,” said the daily report of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Saturday, noting that “in the recently occupied territories of southern Ukraine, the authorities installed by Russia are very likely under increasing pressure from Moscow on consolidating its control over the region and preparing for referendums on joining Russia later this year.”

The Kyiv campaign was partly focused on the reconquest of the Kherson region, north of the Crimean peninsula. Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014.

While the war is already in its sixth month, Russian troops are occupying large areas of eastern Ukraine in accordance with Moscow’s stated goals, DPA notes, reports Agerpres. Since 2014, pro-Russian separatists have been fighting against Kyiv for control over the east of the country. The struggle took on a new dimension in February when Russia moved its troops into Ukrainian territory, claiming that the invasion was necessary to “denazify” and disarm Ukraine.

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