Russia attacks Kharkiv region: fire breaks out, man injured

This was reported by the head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Synyehubov.

Russians shelled the settlements of Kharkiv, Chuhuyiv and Kupiansk districts with artillery and mortars.

In particular, in Vovchansk, one of the shells hit a yard. As a result, a 73-year-old man received a shrapnel wound. He was hospitalized, his condition was moderately stable. 

A house was damaged, a garage and an outbuilding were destroyed. A fire broke out.

A private house and a garage in the village of Kurylivka, Kupiansk district, were also damaged by Russian shelling.

On February 26, pyrotechnicians neutralized another 84 explosive objects.

• On February 22, Russian troops shelled more than 18 settlements in the Kharkiv region.

• On February 23, Russian invaders shelled Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, injuring two women.

• On February 23, Russians shelled the border settlements of the Kharkiv region. As a result, at least eight civilians were injured.

• On February 25, the Russian army shelled the Kharkiv region, damaging private houses and injuring an 82-year-old woman.