Red Cross frustrated by lack of access to PoWs in Russian-occupied Donetsk

A rally in Kyiv demanding Russia be recognised as a state sponsor of terrorism after killing Ukrainian prisoners of war in an explosion in Olenivka. Photograph: Reuters

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has gone public with its frustration at being refused entry to a notorious Russian prisoner of war camp after scathing criticism from Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

In his daily evening address, Ukraine’s president accused the ICRC of a lack of leadership, suggesting that officials were picking up their salaries without doing their jobs.