Missile attack on Kherson region and shelling of Kharkiv region: the situation in the regions on the morning of January 13

January 12, the Russian occupying forces did not stop shelling a number of regions of Ukraine. As a result, there are dead and injured civilians, as well as the destruction of infrastructure.

This was reported in the regional military administrations.

Kherson region

According to the information of the regional military administration, the Russian occupiers shelled the territory of the region 49 times yesterday. They attacked populated areas with artillery, rocket launchers, mortars, and tanks. A rocket strike was also recorded.

The Russians shelled Kherson 7 times. Enemy shells hit private and apartment buildings. As a result of the Russian shelling, one person died, two residents were injured of varying degrees of severity.

Dnipropetrovsk region

At night, the Russians directed heavy artillery at the Nikopol district, the head of the regional military administration Valentin Reznichenko reported. The Marganets community was affected – about ten enemy shells landed there.

No one was injured in the attack. The consequences of the shelling are being investigated. In other districts, the night passed with anxiety, but without attacks.

Donetsk region

On January 12, it became known about two civilians killed by Russians in Donetsk region: in Blagodatny and Avdiivka. Two more people in the region were injured, wrote the head of the regional military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko.

Mykolaiv region

Yesterday, at 10:14 and 13:00, the Russians struck the Ochakivska community. As a result, a residential building was damaged, one person was slightly injured, the head of the regional military administration, Vitaly Kim, said.

Also, yesterday at 10:45 p.m. enemy shelling was recorded on the open territories of the Kutsurub community. There were no damages or injuries.

Luhansk Region

According to the head of the regional military administration, Serhii Gaidai, the village of Bilogorivka is completely under the control of Ukraine. There, the Defense Forces repel enemy attacks every day.

The Russians continue to transfer more soldiers to the Svatove-Kreminna direction. The houses in the villages occupied by the occupiers along the front line are now almost empty: everyone is being sent to fight. The occupiers “sit down” in this direction and burrow into “holes”. The Armed Forces are advancing.

Zaporizhzhia region

In the region, during the past day, the occupiers shelled the civilian infrastructure in the area of ​​the settlements of Novodanilivka, Biloghirya, Dorozhnyanka, Poltavka, Charivne, Gulyaipole, Novoandriivka, Mala Tokmachka, Olhivske, Shevchenko, Malynivka, Shcherbaki, Zaliznychne, Orihiv, Gulyaipole, Stepove, Kam’ Yanskoe

As specified in the regional military administration, 27 reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure objects as a result of shelling by Russian military personnel.

Kharkiv region

The head of the regional military administration, Oleg Synegubov, said that the Russians continue to shell the border settlements of the Kupyan, Kharkiv, and Chuguyiv districts of the region. 

Kupyansk, Strelecha, Dvorichna, Ohirtseve, Ridkodub and other towns and villages of the region were under enemy fire.

In Kupyansk, as a result of enemy shelling, a 5-story residential building, private houses and farm buildings were damaged. A 75-year-old man was injured – he was hospitalized in a moderate condition.

A 68-year-old man was injured in Dvorichnaya of the Kupyanskyi district — his condition was assessed by doctors as moderate.

On January 12, the Russian invaders fired at the settlements of the Kupyansky, Chuguevsky and Kharkov regions of the Kharkov region. This was announced by the head of the regional military administration Oleg Sinegubov on January 13.

In particular, Russian troops shelled Kupyansk, Strelechya, Dvurechnaya, Ogurtsovo, Redkodub and other cities and villages of the region.

“In Kupyansk, as a result of enemy shelling, a five-story residential building, private houses and outbuildings were damaged. A 75-year-old man was injured, he was hospitalized in a state of moderate severity. A 68-year-old man was wounded in Dvurechnaya, Kupyansky district. head of the regional viysk administration.

Russian troops have been on the territory of the Kharkiv region since the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine – from February 24, 2022, but they could not take the regional center.

As of October 25, 1.8% of the territory of the region (34 settlements) was under occupation, the regional administration noted. On December 8, the head of the regional viysk administration reported that 29 settlements remained to be de-occupied in the Kharkiv region.

The occupiers continue to shell the settlements of the Kharkiv region daily.

The occupier continues to shell the border settlements of the Kupyan, Kharkiv and Chuguyiv districts of the region. 

This was announced by the head of the regional military administration Oleg Sinegubov.

The head of the regional military administration reported that Kupyansk, Strelecha, Dvorichna, Ohirtseve, Ridkodub and other towns and villages of the region were under enemy fire.

In the city of Kupyansk, Kharkiv Region, as a result of enemy shelling, a 5-story residential building, private households and outbuildings were damaged. A 75-year-old man was injured, he was taken to the hospital in a moderate condition.

A 68-year-old man was wounded in Dvorichnaya of the Kupyan district. Moderate condition.

In addition, it is noted that during the day pyrotechnics destroyed 69 explosive objects on the territory of the region.  A dog died from fragments of enemy shells in Kharkiv.

More than 900 dead bodies were found in the liberated territories of the Kharkiv region. Volodymyr Tymoshko, head of the regional police department, said this in an interview with Ukrinform.

According to him, since September 7, since the beginning of the Kharkiv offensive operation, 918 bodies have been removed from the de-occupied territories. 721 are dead civilians, including 25 children.

651 persons have been identified. Some of the bodies are difficult to identify due to extensive damage. In the 30s, the gender has not yet been determined.

During the hostilities and occupation, the Russian military committed mass murders of civilians. The largest burial of victims of aggression was found in Izyum: more than 400 four hundred bodies were removed from the graves. The vast majority of the dead are civilians.

One of the most high-profile war crimes was committed in the Kupyansk region, where Russian soldiers shot a convoy of refugees. 26 people were killed, 13 of whom were children.

DNA laboratories help to identify the dead. American philanthropist Howard Graham Buffett handed over several such laboratories to the Kharkiv police. The police are looking for possible relatives of the dead in order to conduct a comparative DNA analysis.

In Kharkiv region, the body of a woman who died during the aerial bombing of Izyum district was exhumed

In the Kharkiv region, the body of a 68-year-old woman who died on March 19 during the Russian aerial bombardment of the Izyum district was exhumed.

This was reported by the police of the Kharkiv region. 

The woman died during the bombardment of the village of Sulygivka. The occupiers’ shells hit the residential building in which the woman was. Local residents buried her remains in the village cemetery.

And on January 12, police officers conducted an exhumation. The body was sent for forensic examination. The law enforcement officers started an investigation under the article about the violation of the laws and customs of war. This is punishable by up to 15 years in prison or life imprisonment.

The day before, the police reported that since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, 16,502 people have died in Ukraine as a result of the war.

On January 12, a 75-year-old man and a 68-year-old man were injured by Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region.

This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Sinegubov.

According to him, during the past day, the occupiers shelled the border settlements of the Kupyan, Kharkiv and Chuguyiv districts of the region. In particular, Kupyansk, Strelecha, Dvorichna, Ohirtseve, Ridkodub and other towns and villages of the region were under enemy fire.

“In Kupyansk, as a result of enemy shelling, a five-story residential building, private houses and farm buildings were damaged. A 75-year-old man was injured and hospitalized in a moderate condition,” the head of the region said.

The victim had mine-explosive injuries and broken limbs, reported the rescuers who went to inspect the site of the shelling. As a result of the racist attack, the fire did not occur.

The National Police of the region clarified that during the day the Rashists covered Kupyansk with artillery fire three times. Dvorichna also found herself under enemy fire.

“A 68-year-old local resident suffered an explosive abdominal injury,” the police said.

Investigative teams inspected the scene and recorded the consequences of the occupiers’ criminal actions. Information based on these facts has been entered into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations pursuant to Part 1 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of war).

During the day, pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service defused 69 explosive objects in the territory of the region.

On January 11, the occupiers shelled the border towns and villages of the Kharkiv region with artillery and mortars. As a result of shelling, private houses, farm buildings, an enterprise building and a trade pavilion were damaged.