Ukraine Army to avenge every maimed, killed Ukrainian soldier - Commander-in-Chief

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will take revenge for every killed or maimed Ukrainian soldier.

The Army commander has issued the relevant statement on social media, commenting on the Russian terrorist attack targeting a penal colony in the occupied Olenivka, where Ukrainian POWs were held, Ukrinform reports.

"Russia is a terrorist state. The atrocities committed by the Russians against our prisoners of war spark fury. We will avenge every dead or maimed brother-in-arms," Zaluzhnyi wrote.

He emphasized that, unlike Russian war criminals, Ukraine adheres to the norms of international humanitarian law.

"We will do everything possible - and impossible - to punish those guilty of crimes against our brothers- and sisters-in-arms, as well as civilians. These crimes have no statute of limitations. Beware, enemies, you will have no place to hide on this Earth," said the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, law enforcers had opened criminal proceedings into the Russian attack targeting a penal colony in Olenivka, Donetsk region, as a result of which about 40 people were killed and 130 – injured.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian military deliberately attacked the facility where Ukrainian POWs were held.

The General Staff decried the Kremlin's statements about the alleged shelling of civilian infrastructure and population by the Armed Forces of Ukraine as “blatant lies and provocation.”

According to Ukrainian intelligence, the Ukrainian POWs could have been killed by mercenaries with the Wagner (Liga) Private Military Company, integrated into the Russian invasion forces.