“At the pre-trial detention center in the area of the settlement of Yelenovka, which contains Ukrainian prisoners of war, including militants of the Azov formation, a missile attack was launched from the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system,” he said.
Earlier, the territorial headquarters of the DPR stated that the number of those killed in an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka in the DPR increased to 53.
As noted in the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces of Ukraine want to intimidate the Ukrainian military, who want to lay down their arms, by hitting the detention center in Yelenovka.