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Russian army shells 15 settlements in Kharkiv Region, killing three

Two more people were wounded. 

Russian army shells 15 settlements in Kharkiv Region, killing three
Photo: EPA/UPG

Over the past day, 15 localities in Kharkiv Region came under Russian artillery and mortar fire: Kudiyivka, Synkivka, Berestove, Kotlyarivka and others. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Synyehubov.

Russians carried out air strikes on the villages of Ivanivka, Okhrymivka, Mala Vovcha, Nesterne, Budarky, Chorne and others.

At 6:24, Russian troops fired on Katerynivka village in Kupyansk district. A private house was damaged. There were no casualties.

At about 20:09 the enemy shelled the village of Lyptsi, Kharkiv district, with an unidentified ammunition. A house was damaged. There were no casualties.

At about 17:40, the enemy fired guided aerial bombs at the village of Chorne, Kupyansk district. A car with civilians was hit. A private house nearby caught fire.

Three people died: 58-year-old woman, 56-year-old man and a girl of 17 years old. A 54-year-old woman, hospitalised in serious condition, and a 53-year-old man were injured.

At around 11:00, Russians struck Vovchansk and the village of Bilyy Kolodyaz in Chuhuyiv district. Both hit a private house. Windows, gates and a fence were damaged. No casualties were reported.

In the Kupyansk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled three attacks near Synkivka and Ivanivka.

Over the course of the day, the Region's explosive engineering team cleared 16,09 ha of mines and defused 192 explosive devices. 

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