A bus with surrendered Ukrainian servicemen and militants of the Azov nationalist battalion near the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka. File photoELENOVKA (DPR), Jul 29 Kyiv knew that there were Ukrainian prisoners in the colony in Yelenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Deputy Head of the DPR People's Militia Eduard Basurin told reporters. According to the DPR Territorial Defense Headquarters , the number of deaths due to the strike of Ukrainian troops on the colony in Yelenovka, where Ukrainian prisoners of war are kept, increased to 53. As the Russian Ministry of Defense reported, the strike on the detention center was carried out from the American HIMARS MLRS. «They (Ukraine — ed.) knew exactly where they (prisoners — ed.) are being held and in what place. After the Ukrainian prisoners of war began to talk about the crimes they committed, and these orders were received from Kyiv, it was decided by the political leadership of Ukraine … to strike here,» Basurin said.
