Russia shells Barvinkove, Kharkiv region, injuring one and killing two people

It was reported by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov.

“Today at around 04:30 in the morning, the enemy shelled the town of Barvinkove, Izyum district. As a result of hitting a private residential building, 2 brothers, 49 and 42 years old, were killed. Their 70-year-old father was injured and hospitalized," he wrote.

During the past day, February 2, the enemy continued shelling civilian population of Vovchansk, Kupyansk, Dvorichna and other settlements of Chuhuiv, Kupyansk and Kharkiv districts.

A private residential building was set on fire. Many houses were damaged and destroyed, set on fire.

A 51-year-old woman was injured in Vovchansk. She received urgent medical aid.

According to Syniehubov, humanitarian demining of the region is ongoing. During the day, pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service defused 29 explosive objects. 

• On the morning of February 1, Russian troops shelled Kupyansk. A 60 years old man received a shrapnel wound.

• On the morning of February 2, enemy troops raided peaceful settlements of the Kharkiv region three times. A woman and a State Emergency Service employee were injured.