Representatives of Ukraine are still not allowed to meet with the wounded.
Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said that a separate UN mission is expected to investigate the terrorist act in Yelenovka.
The Ombudsman spoke about this on the air of the informational telethon.
“I don’t have much hope for the International Committee of the Red Cross; they don’t have such a mandate. But we are just waiting for the arrival of a separate UN mission, which was created based on the Secretary-General's statement and the UN Secretary-General's decision, which will just investigate legally what happened there," Lubinets emphasized.
He added that the Committee of the Red Cross for a long time could not officially confirm that the Russian Federation does not allow them either to Yelenovka, or to the wounded Ukrainian servicemen, or to other prisoners of war and civilian prisoners who are being held in the temporarily occupied territories and on the territory of the Russian Federation.
“Finally, the ICRC will fulfill its mission and get to Yelenovka. Why am I saying finally, because I have publicly repeatedly appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross to publicly confirm the information that the Russian side does not allow them either to Yelenovka or to our wounded servicemen, nor in general to all those who are being held in the temporarily occupied territories and on the territory of the Russian Federation, both prisoners of war and civilians," Lubinets said.
The Ombudsman noted that representatives of Ukraine are still not allowed to meet with wounded prisoners.
“What is known about the wounded, firstly, we see discrepancies from the lists of the wounded and the dead, which were officially published by the Russian side through the media of the Russian Federation. That is why they do not allow us to meet with our wounded after Yelenovka, precisely so we do not receive additional information. In addition, at present, through my contacts, which I cannot speak publicly about, both I and military intelligence are engaged and making a lot of efforts to really establish what really happened there. Although, based on all the facts, our military experts concluded that it was a staged, carefully prepared provocation and a war crime in addition, where a device was blown up inside that gives a very high temperature. As far as I know, all international experts involved in this case agreed with these conclusions," Lubinets stressed.
On the night of July 29, on the territory of the former penal colony in the occupied village of Yelenovka, a building where Ukrainian prisoners of war were kept was destroyed due to an explosion.
Russia accused the Armed Forces of Ukraine of shelling the penal colony and reported the death of more than 50 Ukrainian defenders. In Ukraine, they called the explosion in Yelenovka a Russian terrorist attack to conceal war crimes, discredit Ukraine's Armed Forces, and disrupt the supply of weapons from partners.
Subsequently, Ukrainian intelligence reported that Russia had not provided official answers regarding the lists of the dead and wounded.
