Terrorist attack in Yelenovka: the prosecutor's office shared what has been discovered so far.

The administration of the Yelenovka colony, along with representatives of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation, acted deliberately to increase the losses among Ukrainian soldiers. Their actions and inactions resulted in the deaths of at least nine defenders due to the lack of proper medical assistance.

As reported by RBK-Ukraine, this was disclosed by prosecutor Dmitry Marcin from the 18th Department of the Office of the Prosecutor General.

According to him, efforts were made both with the victims and with witnesses.

As a result of the investigation, it was established that the leadership of the colony, acting in collusion with each other and other unidentified representatives of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation, intentionally committed actions and omissions that led to even greater losses.

"In other words, we found that, while at least 41 people died directly from the explosions, at least 9 soldiers from Azov subsequently died specifically due to the lack of proper medical assistance," Marcin explained.

He clarified that this pertains particularly to the untimely provision of aid, obstruction of military medics who were present in providing assistance, delays in evacuation, improper evacuation procedures, and the use of inadequate evacuation means, which worsened the condition of the injured, resulting in at least 9 defenders dying both before and during the evacuation.

He also reminded that on February 27, 2024, as a result of the investigation, the so-called head of the Yelenovka correctional colony and his first deputy were notified of suspicions of committing criminal offenses, violations of the laws and customs of war, which are associated with intentional murder under part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Attack in Yelenovka

In the summer of 2022, the Russians organized an explosion at the colony in Yelenovka, where Ukrainian prisoners of war were held, including defenders of "Azovstal." The Russians claimed that more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers died as a result of the explosion.

In July 2023, Ukraine was able to recover the bodies of the fallen defenders. As noted by the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights, Dmitry Lubinets, most of the bodies have already been identified.

Previously, RBK-Ukraine conducted a detailed analysis of what was known about the attack in Yelenovka two years after the tragedy.