Kyiv demands investigation after prisoners die in attack

The United Nations and the Red Cross must be allowed to investigate the deaths of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWS) in an attack at a camp in the Russian-occupied territory of Donetsk, Kyiv has said. More than 50 Ukrainian POWs were killed when a prison in the frontline town of Olenivka was struck by rockets on Friday.

- MATT MATHERS

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said Russia was responsible for the attack, which he said was a war crime. But Russia claims the attack was carried out by Ukrainian forces using high-precision US-made Himars artillery, which Kyiv denies. Ukraine said Russia had carried out the attack to cover up evidence of other war crimes.

Moscow published footage of what it said was the camp after the attack took place. The unverified video shows a destroyed building with damaged bunk beds and badly burnt bodies. The exact details of what happened at the camp, controlled by the Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk People's Republic, remain unclear.