The terrorist attack probably did not agree with the military leadership of the Russian Federation and was aimed not only at increasing tension among Ukrainians.
Death of Ukrainian servicemen as a result of explosions in colony in Olenivka, located in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region, is a deliberate provocation and an act of terrorism carried out by the “Wagnerians”. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in Telegram.
GUR noted that the explosions took place on July 28 on the territory of the industrial zone in a newly built building where the occupiers were going to keep our captured fighters evacuated from Azovstal. This destroyed the building, the equipment of which the invaders completed two days ago, moving part of the defenders of Ukraine there.
“We emphasize that the explosions in Olenivka, which led to the death of the Ukrainian Defenders -a deliberate provocation and an indisputable act of terrorism on the part of the armed forces of the occupier,'' the message reads. executing the personal command of the nominal owner of the company – Yevhen Prigozhin. The decision to organize and carry out the terrorist attack was not agreed with the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
As noted, the main purpose of the terrorist attack was the desire to hide evidence of the total embezzlement of money allocated by the Russian Federation for the maintenance of Ukrainian prisoners of war. The intelligence revealed that on August 1, the commission from Moscow planned to conduct an audit of the expenditure of the allocated funds and the conditions of stay of our soldiers at the “object”. according to the requirements of the Russian leadership, the “problem” was solved by destroying the premises, together with the Ukrainians housed in it,” the GUR said.
The second purpose of the explosions in Olenivka is called by intelligence to increase tension among the population of Ukraine. The authors of the scenario of the terrorist attack could take into account the high public interest in the fate of the heroes of “Azovstal”, hoping to provoke an increase in social tension in our country.
The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, called on all international institutions to express a tough position regarding the events in Olenivka in order to find out the real circumstances of the terrorist attack and prevent the recurrence of similar events in the future. He also appealed to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement as one of the guarantors of the safety and proper maintenance of the defenders of prisoners of war of Ukraine with a call to provide a proper assessment of the tragedy and make efforts to find out the real circumstances and reasons for the killing of our soldiers.
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“Ukraine demands the immediate admission of representatives of Ukraine to the scene of events to study the situation and control the conditions of detention of captured Ukrainian defenders. I also emphasize the need to conduct detailed monitoring of the conditions of detention of Ukrainian prisoners and guarantee the preservation of their lives and health,” Budanov emphasized.
Earlier it became known that Olenivska colony was not fired upon, but blown up from the inside< /strong>. It is Russian troops who are responsible for the deaths of captured Ukrainian soldiers.
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