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Russia silent as Red Cross, UN demand access to prison where dozens of Ukrainian POWs killed
[NYPOST] The United Nations...boodling on the grand scale... and the Red Thingy demanded access Saturday to the prison where dozens of Ukrainian POWs were killed, but Russia has so far met their requests with silence. The UN wants to investigate the attack in the town of Olenivka in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, which Moscow said killed 53 Ukrainian POWs and maimed another 75. Ukraine maintains that Thursday night’s deadly shelling was a "war crime," while Russia claims Ukraine launched the missiles that destroyed the building. Both sides say the attack was premeditated and intended to silence the prisoners inside and destroy evidence of potential atrocities. "We are ready to send a team of experts capable of conducting an investigation with the permission of the parties," Farhan Haq, deputy front man of the UN Secretary-General, told Russian media. He said the probe would require consent from all sides, and added that the UN supports the Red Thingy’ efforts to gain access to the site. The prison housed nearly 200 troops captured in Mariupol, the scene of many of the war’s worst atrocities, including many who held out in the Azovstal steel plant outside the city during weeks of brutal fighting. Posted by: Fred 2022-08-02 |
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