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US says Russia aims to fabricate evidence in prison deaths

FILE - In this satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies, a view of the Olenivka detention center, in Eastern Donetsk province, after an attack on the prison reportedly killed Ukrainian soldiers captured in May. Ukrainian officials say they are struggling to establish the truth surrounding an explosion in the prison that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured by the Russians following the fall of Mariupol. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP) EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this photo taken from video a view of destroyed barrack at a prison in Olenivka, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces, eastern Ukraine, on July 29, 2022. Ukrainian officials say they are struggling to establish the truth surrounding the explosion in a prison that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured by the Russians following the fall of Mariupol. (AP Photo) FILE - In this photo taken from video a view of a destroyed barrack at a prison in Olenivka, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces, eastern Ukraine, on July 29, 2022. Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian military prisoners who were captured after the fall of a southern port city of Mariupol in May. (AP Photo)