The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russians themselves hit the prison in Olenivka in the part of Donetsk region not controlled by Ukraine, where Ukrainian prisoners of war were held. The authorities of the "DPR" earlier blamed the attack on the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The "DPR" gave the figures - 53 dead and 75 wounded. The former commander of the "Azov" regiment commented that the Russians are trying to destroy evidence of torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war.

          A video of Russians torturing a Ukrainian soldier has been circulated in Russian media. His genitals were cut off with a clerical knife, and then he was shot.