On 29 July 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Russian-operated prison in Molodizhne near Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast, was destroyed, killing 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and leaving 75 wounded. The prisoners were mainly soldiers from the Azovstal complex, the last Ukrainian stronghold in the siege of Mariupol. On 3 August, the UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres announced his decision to established a fact-finding mission, as requested both by the Russia and Ukraine.