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Russia shells Kharkiv region multiple times today, injuring three people

Sofia Polonska
16 September, 2024 Monday
16:31

On Monday, September 16, around 10:30 a.m., Russian troops attacked the village of Petropavlivka in the Kupyansk district

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The police of the Kharkiv region reported

Initially, the police reported that a house had burned down as a result of the Russian attack. An 8-year-old boy and two women, aged 24 and 50, were injured by explosives.

Later, law enforcement officers clarified that a 77-year-old man and two other women, aged 76 and 50, sustained explosive wounds as a result of the shelling.

According to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, Russia hit the city with a high-explosive aerial bomb (FAB). 

According to the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, a woman was wounded in the shelling of Kupyansk, and a 74-year-old man was killed and two other people were wounded in the village of Petropavlivka. 

Investigators have launched a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine for violating the laws and customs of war.

  • The Kharkiv Operational Group reported that Russian forces attacked their own units in the Kharkiv sector. Overall, the situation in this area of the frontline remains difficult.
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