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The Olenivka POW camp, located in the Russian-occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, was a notorious Russian-controlled prison where Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian hostages from Mariupol have been subjected to torture. The Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit will name those responsible for torturing prisoners in Olenivka.
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Death toll in Russian shelling of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast rises to 13.

by The Kyiv Independent news desk August 10, 2022 11:21 AM 1 min read
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According to Governor Valentyn Reznichenko, 11 people were injured, and five of them are in critical condition. Early on Aug. 10, the Russian military shelled the region's Nikopol District. President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff Andriy Yermak said that Russian forces had shelled the district from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Russian-occupied Enerhodar. In the city of Marhanets, more than 20 high-rises, two schools, a city council building, and several other administrative buildings were damaged by the attack.

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