“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of a ‘war crime’ for bombing a jail containing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the eastern Donetsk region. ‘It was a deliberate Russian war crime, a deliberate mass murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war,’ Zelenskyy said in a video-message Friday night. More than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war died in the shelling in the town of Olenivka, in territory controlled by Moscow-backed separatists since 2014, according to authorities in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Ukrainian authorities accused Russia of bombing the building to hide tortures happening in the prison. ‘I call on all partners to strongly condemn this brutal violation of international humanitarian law and recognize Russia a terrorist state,’ Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. Russia’s defense minister argued, without providing evidence, that Kyiv was responsible for the ‘provocation.’ ...”
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