The United States is ready to continue to support Ukraine and help it defend itself against Russian aggression.
“The shelling of the Yelenovka detention center is unacceptable, as are reports of the Russian military’s barbaric treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war. We will continue to seek accountability and provide Ukraine with what it needs to protect itself from Moscow’s terrible aggression,” she wrote.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, on the night of July 29, an explosion thundered on the territory of a former penal colony in the town of Yelenovka in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region. As a result, the building was destroyed, which contained Ukrainian prisoners of war, withdrawn from the Azovstal plant.
Immediately after the explosion, Russia accused the Armed Forces of Ukraine of shelling the penal colony. According to the Russian side, more than 50 Ukrainian defenders died, the number of wounded is unknown. Ukrainian law enforcement agencies stated that the explosion in Yelenovka was a Russian terrorist act with the aim of concealing war crimes, discrediting the Armed Forces of Ukraine, disrupting the supply of weapons. They demand that the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross immediately respond to the terrorist attack and send an inspection mission to the territory of the colony.
