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| Russia has still not allowed the ICRC to visit the Ukrainian prisoners in Yelenovka |
| 2022-08-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] The European Union called on Russia to grant representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross access to all Ukrainian prisoners of war, including the Yelenovka colony. This is stated in the EU statement delivered at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, writes Ukrinform . "The explosion in Yelenovka, which killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war, including defenders of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol, who surrendered to Russia, is a terrible act, a thorough and independent investigation must be conducted," the statement said. The European Union recalled that these prisoners of war were registered by the International Committee of the Red Cross and were under the legal protection of the Russian Federation. "Twelve days have passed since the tragedy, and Russia has still not allowed an independent international mission to Yelenovka. We call on Russia to grant the ICRC access to all prisoners of war," the document says. In addition, the EU stated that they were stunned by the video circulating on social networks, which recorded the terrible atrocities and brutal murder of a Ukrainian prisoner of war. "Russia will also be held accountable for failing to fulfill its obligations under international humanitarian law in the territories of Ukraine that are under its temporary military control. This also applies to the treatment of prisoners of war," the European Union stressed. We will remind, on July 28, a powerful explosion took place on the territory of the former correctional colony No. 120 in the city of Yelenovka. The colony is now used as a place of detention for Ukrainian prisoners of war. As a result of the explosion, the premises where the captured Ukrainians were located was destroyed. According to Russian sources, about 40 Ukrainians were killed, the number of wounded is unknown. |
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