Not HIMARS, but the CHVK ”Wagner” could have had something to do with the explosion in Olenivka
Analyzing the video from the scene of the terrorist attack in Olenivska colony, where dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed, the experts of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) came to the conclusion that it could not have been the result of a hit by a HIMARS multiple-launch missile system. This is stated in a new report of the organization published on the night of July 30.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Ukrainian forces deliberately attacked the Olenivka detention center, which held Ukrainian prisoners of war, including servicemen of the Azov Regiment, from Western HIMARS systems, killing at least 40 and injuring 75 prisoners of war, ISW recalled.
“The Kremlin-sponsored news agency ‘RIA Novosti’ published a video of the pretrial detention center, which shows damage from the fire. But not those that could have been struck by HIMARS,” – the report said.
Military experts also note that Russian propaganda resources, although they released footage of fragments of the HIMARS missile, did not provide evidence that the fragments were found in Olenivka.
But in the latest report of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the killing of Ukrainian prisoners in Olenivka as a result of an explosion was organized in order to hide from the Moscow authorities large-scale embezzlement of funds allocated for the maintenance of the colony.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, the explosion was organized by militants of the so-called “Wagner” PPK under the personal command of Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is involved in this organization. The GUR emphasized that this terrorist attack was not agreed with the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
“The main purpose of the terrorist attack is to hide the facts of the total embezzlement of funds allocated for the maintenance of Ukrainian prisoners of war. It is known that a commission from Moscow was supposed to arrive at the facility on August 1 to check the spending of the allocated funds and the conditions of detention of prisoners,” – said the intelligence.
It is noted that the actual condition of the building and the conditions of detention of the prisoners did not even meet the requirements put forward by the Russian leadership. According to Ukrainian intelligence, an organized explosion was the “solution to the problem”.
It will be recalled that the SSU also believes that the Russians themselves blew up the barracks with the prisoners. The agency refers to the interception of the militants’ conversations.
