Ukrainian Azov soldiers urge world to remember Olenivka massacre on second anniversary
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On the second anniversary of the terrorist attack on the prisoner-of-war colony in Olenivka, soldiers of the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard urged fellow citizens and the world to raise awareness about the Russian crime and to join in honoring the memory of the victims.
On the night of July 28-29, 2022, the Russian invaders blew up a barracks in the colony near Donetsk, killing 54 Mariupol defenders and injuring 130 others.
"Wounded Azov soldiers carried the bodies of their comrades. The occupiers left those who could be saved to die. Olenivka is a crime against humanity, a violation of all possible rules of warfare and treatment of prisoners of war," the Azov statement said.
Russia "is counting on the short memory of the international community, the forgetting of its crimes and its own propaganda.
Spreading information is important. "The more people learn about the crimes of the invaders, the less chance Russia has of escaping punishment. Tell us about Olenivka. Join the commemoration of the victims of the terrorist attack.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported on July 29, 2022 that the Russians had staged an attack on a prisoner of war camp in Olenivka in an attempt to accuse Ukraine of committing war crimes while hiding evidence of torture and executions of prisoners.
The colony held 193 prisoners, including defenders of Mariupol, among them Azov fighters. At least 50 deaths and over 70 injuries have been confirmed.
An Associated Press investigation has also pointed to Russia's responsibility for the deaths of over 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war in the camp, suggesting the use of an explosive device and Grad MLRS strike to cover it up.
Russian propaganda claimed that the POWs were allegedly killed by a HIMARS missile strike.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said that, according to international experts, thermobaric weapons were the cause of the explosion at the prison colony. Ukraine does not have access to such weapons.
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