UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has disbanded a fact-finding mission into an attack in the Ukrainian town of Olenivka that killed prisoners held by Moscow-backed separatists because the UN mission cannot deploy to the site, a UN spokesman said on January 5. Russia and Ukraine both requested an investigation, which Guterres had announced in August. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the shelling of the prison holding Ukrainian soldiers in July was a "deliberate Russian war crime" that claimed more than 50 lives. To read the original story from Reuters, click here.
UN Chief Disbands Fact-Finding Mission Into Ukraine Prison Attack
Relatives and friends of the defenders of Azovstal demand Russia be recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism after the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war at a prison in Olenivka in the occupied part of the Donetsk region.