Three civilians killed, several wounded in Russian shelling of Kharkiv region

This was reported by the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

According to the investigation, in addition to the man who died as a result of the shelling of the village of Cherkaski Tyshky in Kharkiv district, two more people have been identified as dead - a man and a woman.

Proceedings have been opened over violations of the laws and customs of war.

In the afternoon, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, reported one dead person.

According to him, in the morning, the Russian forces shelled the village of Buhaivka in the Vovchansk community. The attack damaged a private house, but there were no casualties.

At about 10 am, the enemy fired on Vovchansk, injuring two civilians.

In the afternoon, a 55-year-old civilian man died as a result of shelling in the village of Cherkaski Tyshky in Kharkiv district.  

At 1:22 pm, Russia attacked Vovchansk again. The occupying Russian troops struck a private house, wounding a 60-year-old woman.

“At the same time, a civilian man was killed and two others were injured as a result of hostile shelling of a private household, one of them under the rubble of the house,” wrote Syniehubov.

• According to the Ministry of Defense, Russian army tried to break through the Ukrainian defense in Kharkiv region around 5 am.

• Russian forces attempted an invasion of Ukraine's northeast Kharkiv region near Vovchansk, but Ukrainian military had anticipated the Russian attack.