"This is the new Katyn." There are official comments on the massacre of Ukrainian prisoners of war

The Russian side accuses the AFU of hitting a POW barracks where Ukrainian soldiers were being held with HIMARS. Consequently, 40 were dead, and 130 were wounded.

No evidence or confirmation has been provided.

Oleksiy Arestovich wrote that locals in Yelenivka noted the work of "Grads" on the colony from the Russian side.

The General Staff said that the accusations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the shelling of the settlement of Yelenivka are information propaganda and provocation. Due to the high-precision weapons of the partners, the AFU only strikes accurately at the objects of military infrastructure.

The Russian enemy continues its propaganda methods of information warfare to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine of shelling civilian infrastructure and population, thereby concealing its insidious actions. Consequently, such statements about the alleged shelling of civilian infrastructure and people by the Armed Forces of Ukraine are blatant lies and provocation, for which Russia - the aggressor, occupier, and sponsor of terrorism - is responsible, the General Staff said in a statement.

Mikhail Podolyak, for his part, commented on the accusations by the AFU that it was a carefully planned plan of the Russian occupation troops to cover up all their war crimes.

The purpose of the "Yelenov crime" is to hide the growing evidence of the scale of Russian war crimes and torture, to disrupt the exchange agreements, to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and (in this case) specific models of foreign reactive weapons that terrify the Russian occupiers, he wrote.

Recall that the colony in Yelenivka - the territory where Ukrainian prisoners of war were held. Also, there were prisoners of the "Azov" regiment.

The murder of the Ukrainians in Yelenivka is another Katyn - wrote journalist Aleksandr Romananko on this occasion - Russia always does this. A country without honor

Azov leader Andrei Biletsky wrote:

Regarding the strike on the colony in Olenovka, where our people from Azovstal are held.

This night the Russians killed some of the Azov prisoners.

The Russian command framed the Ukrainian army's mass killing of prisoners as an action.

The regiment's fighters were transferred to a separate building.

Propaganda work was done - a cannibalistic film was made about Azovstal.

We are gathering information about this war crime's victims and specific perpetrators.

It is already evident that this was a pre-planned act of a country for which the concept of officer's honor is unknown, much less compliance with the Geneva Conventions, rules, laws, and customs of war.

Russia could not defeat Azov in a fair fight, so it is trying to destroy us with treason.

On behalf of the Azov units, I declare a hunt for everyone involved in the mass murder. Each rank-and-file performer and each organizer are responsible, regardless of position and location. Wherever you are hiding, you will be found and exterminated.

The Katyn massacre (Polish: zirconia katyńska - Katyn crime) is a war crime, a mass murder of Polish citizens, mainly captured officers of the Polish army, carried out in the spring of 1940. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)