Colony firing in Olenivka: Ukraine has returned the bodies of 54 dead - Ministry of Reintegration
The bodies of the defenders of Ukraine managed to return after difficult negotiations through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The DNA examination and the identification of the dead, which will take a long time, continued, the Ministry said. According to the representative of the Office of the Commissioner for the missing Ivan Angelina, the bodies of the dead are transferred to profile institutions for forensic examination.
The investigator then reports information about their relatives. "The long duration of DNA expertise is related to the investigation of other aspects of the crime in Olenivka," Angelin explained. Prisoners of war of Ukrainian military, including "Azov" who defended Mariupol, were kept in the colony of Olenivka. On the territory of the institution, on July 29, 2022, a powerful explosion occurred and a fire began. Ukraine and Russia have mutually accused each other of a terrorist attack.
The Russian Federation was the first to declare 40 dead and 75 wounded Ukrainian prisoners. The Russian Defense Ministry insisted on a version of HIMARS. Mayor Mariupol Advisor Petro Andryushchenko found accusations of the Russian military "another lies". Later, the General Staff of the Armed Forces voiced its own version of the event - the Armed Forces wanted to hide the torture and execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine in August last year declared an explosion of a thermobaric ammunition, which the Russians released from the shmel type, "Shmel-M" or "Ros". CNN journalists put forward a version of the device inside the colony. On October 11, 2022, Ukraine managed to return 62 bodies of servicemen, among whom were killed in the territory of the pre -trial detention center in Olenivka.