by Southfront Staff at Southfront
In the early morning of July 29, Kiev’s forces shelled a detention center for Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in the village of Elenovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The blow was struck precisely at the barracks in which the captured soldiers of the Ukrainian Nazi Azov regiment were held.
The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed the attack. According to the Russia’s Defense Ministry and local authorities, Ukrainian troops used US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to strike the detention center.
Initially, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 40 Ukrainian POWs were killed and 75 others were injured. Later, the DPR territorial defense headquarters reported that the death toll in the missile strike has grown to 53. DPR forces continue clear the debris, so the number of casualties may grow. Eight employees of the detention center received injuries of varying severity.
The attack was carried out at about two o’clock in the morning. The targets were barracks, where only militants from Azov were held. The target was successfully hit, which means that the reconnaissance and determination of the target were carried out in advance
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