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The former commander of the nationalist Azov regiment, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia, Andrei Biletsky, announced a hunt for everyone involved in the missile strike on the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka. It is located in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). Captured soldiers of the unit were kept there.
In his Telegram channel, Biletsky called the incident a planned act, as well as a violation of customs and laws of war. He also promised to find and eliminate the perpetrators.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Ukrainian military fired at a prison in the urban-type settlement of Elenovka. They also noted that a large number of Ukrainian servicemen voluntarily lay down their weapons. It is noted that the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are aware of the “humane attitude towards prisoners of war from the Russian side.” The provocation on the Ukrainian side was committed with the aim of intimidating Ukrainian servicemen, as well as preventing their surrender. Subsequently, it became known that the number of those killed in the shelling of Elenovka increased to 53.
According to the republican department, the shelling was carried out in order to “cover up the traces” of war crimes against the civilian population of Donbass, as well as to force the rest to continue fighting and not surrender.
At the same time, Ukraine denies participation in the shelling of Elenovka. But later, fragments of HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) ammunition were found at the site of the pre-trial detention center. It is known that the American system is supplied to Kiev.