Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has accused Russia of a “petrifying war crime” and blamed the Kremlin for the shelling of a prison in the Russian-controlled settlement of Olenivka, Donetsk oblast, which Russia’s defence ministry said killed 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war on Friday.
The prison in Olenivka was housing Ukrainian service personnel who had been held there since the fall of Mariupol. Russian authroities have suggested they were targeted to either prevent them testifying against Kyiv, or to deter other Ukrainian armed forces from surrender.
