Ukrainian force struck the Yelenovka detention facility from northwestern direction, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said Wednesday.
"The direction of the roof breach and the source of ignition directly point that the attack came from northwest. The fire came from the trajectory of Maryinka - Kurakhovo - Sergeyevka - Pokrovsk - Udachnoye," Fomin said at a briefing for foreign military attaches.
He pointed out that the Ukrainian forces deliberately launched a US-made HIMARS rocket at the detention facility in Yelenovka accommodating Ukrainian POWs at 00:20 on July 29, 2022.
The attacked building accommodated 193 people, most of them - militants of the Azov regiment (deemed terrorist and outlawed in Russia). The attack damaged one building, killed 50 and injured 73 POWs, as well as eight detention facility employees.
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The international community has not yet properly assessed the crimes that Ukrainian troops commit every day, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said on Wednesday.
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"Shelling attacks continue on markets, public transport stations, residential areas and aid distribution sites in Donetsk, Yasinovataya, Gorlovka, Makeyevka, Svyatogorsk and many other cities in Donbass," Fomin added.
The Russian deputy defense minister noted that "such connivance on the part of the international community, as well as the Ukrainian authorities’ desire to cover up their crimes, led to a tragedy in the Yelenovka settlement, where Kiev targeted its own prisoners of war."
Fomin also stressed that a lot of fake reports about crimes allegedly committed by Russian troops were posted online.
[TASS]