Car bomb reportedly targets Dmitry Neelov, Ukraine war crimes suspect linked to Olenivka POW deaths, in occupied Donetsk
A car belonging to Dmitry Neelov — first deputy head of the Olenivka penal colony in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (“DNR”) — was blown up in occupied Donetsk overnight on August 28–29, Ukrainian news outlets Censor.NET and Ukrainska Pravda said, citing sources.
On the night of August 28-29, an explosive device planted under a car belonging to Dmitry Neelov, a senior official at the Olenivka penal colony in the Donetsk People's Republic, detonated in occupied Donetsk, according to Ukrainian news sources. The vehicle was reportedly targeted in what Ukrainian outlets described as a car bomb.
Neelov's identity as a suspect in war crimes was further solidified after Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office charged him for torturing, beating, and humiliating Ukrainian POWs and civilians in spring 2026. Neelov's former colleague, Sergey Yevsyukov, was killed in a similar car bombing at the Olenivka penal colony on July 29, 2022.
This incident, which reportedly killed 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war and injured 75 others, is alleged to have been carried out by Russia, with Russia's Defense Ministry counterclaiming that Ukraine was responsible. The former Olenivka head was later killed in a similar car bombing in central Donetsk in December 2024, following which Russia's Federal Security Service alleged that a Donetsk resident was involved.
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