The Russians shelled the Kupyan district: people were buried under the rubble

Russian occupiers shelled the Kupyan district on Thursday, February 23. As a result of the attack, one person was injured, two more are under the rubble.

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

According to preliminary information, the occupiers shot the S-300.

“The administrative building was hit. A civilian man who was near the building was injured. At least two people are currently under the rubble,” Sinegubov wrote.

He noted that all rescue services are working on the spot.

We will remind, this morning the invaders shelled Kupyansk, two women were injured.

In addition, Synegubov spoke about the situation in the occupied part of the Kharkiv region.

On Thursday, February 23, the Russian occupiers struck another blow on the territory of the Kharkiv region, injuring three civilians. This was announced by the head of the regional military administration Oleg Synegubov.

“The enemy continues to shell the civilians of Kupyansk. As a result of the morning shelling, two civilian women were injured. Currently, medics are providing the victims with the necessary assistance,” the official wrote.

In addition, in the past day, snipers shelled about 18 settlements in the Kupyan, Chuguyiv, Kharkiv and Izyum districts of the region. Thus, in Vovchansk, as a result of massive shelling, six residential buildings and two educational institutions were damaged. And in the village of Nesterne of the Vovchansk community, a farm building was damaged.

“A 40-year-old civilian man was wounded by shelling in the village of Podola, Kupyan district. He was hospitalized in a moderate condition,” Sinegubov added.

As a result of the shelling of the village of Cherneshchena, Izyum district, a private residential building was destroyed, electric poles were damaged.

The day before, the Rashists dealt another blow to Kharkiv – industrial facilities in the city came under fire.

The Russian military launched a missile attack on the Kupyan district of the Kharkiv region in the early hours of February 23.

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

“Preliminarily, with the S-300 missile. There is a hit in the administrative building. A civilian who was near the building was wounded. At least two people are currently under the rubble. All rescue services are on site. The information is being clarified,” Oleg Sinegubov said.

It will be recalled that on the morning of February 23, two women were wounded during enemy shelling of the city of Kupyansk.

Voluntary evacuation of residents from dangerous areas continues in Kharkiv region. On February 22, 30 local residents were evacuated from the Kupyan community.

The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Sinegubov said that the enemy is spreading information about successes in the territory of the Kharkiv region, in particular, in the capture of populated areas.

“These are fakes,” Sinegubov stressed.

According to him, the defenders of Ukraine did not give up a single meter of the territory of the Kharkiv region.

 “Our defenders did not give the enemy a single settlement, a single meter of our land. The Armed Forces are reliably holding their positions,” Sinegubov said.

The largest number of victims of Russian aggression are in Kyiv region, Donetsk region, and Kharkiv region.

As of February 20, 9,655 people, including 461 children, died in Ukraine due to the war.

In the Kharkiv region, 1,782 deaths were registered as a result of Russia’s armed aggression, 2,607 people were injured. This was reported in the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

Only in Kyiv and Donetsk regions are more dead — 2,290 and 2,167, respectively. 734 people were injured in Kyiv region, 3,263 in Donetsk region.

As Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said, since February 24, 2022, more than 68,000 war crimes have been registered in Ukraine and 952 facts of the use of prohibited means of warfare, including cluster munitions, mines, chemical and incendiary munitions, have been documented. This resulted in the death of 9,655 people.

“When we talk about these numbers, we must realize that the real number is much higher. After all, we still do not have access to the occupied territories,” said Kostin.

Among all the crimes committed by the occupiers, more than 2,600 involve children. These include death, injury, armed attacks on institutions and institutions for children, forced deportation or abduction. It is known that the Russians forcibly removed 16,000 Ukrainian children.

A large number of war crimes were recorded in the de-occupied territories. According to the information of the Prosecutor General’s Office, after the release, the bodies of 936 people, 739 of them civilians, were found in the territory of the Kharkiv region. In particular, the bodies of 451 people, of which 429 were civilians, were found at the mass burial site.

In addition, 21 torture chambers were found in the de-occupied territory of Kharkiv region, and the abduction or disappearance of more than 1,007 civilians was recorded.

In total, more than 12,000 war crimes were registered in the Kharkiv region. Suspicion was announced to 20 people, indictments were sent to courts against eight people. Seven defendants have already received sentences.