UN Ready to Investigate Strike on Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Yelenovka

The United Nations is ready to send a group of experts to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shelling of the pre-trial detention facility in Yelenovka (DPR). This information was provided by Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General.

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed and 73 were injured as a result of a Ukrainian strike on the detention facility in Donetsk using American HIMARS systems.

“We are prepared to send a group of experts in connection with the tragedy that occurred at the Yelenovka prison, who can conduct an investigation with the permission of the parties,” Haq stated, according to RIA Novosti.

He noted that the UN fully supports the initiatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).