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Russian Drone Strike Kills Civilian at Utility Site in Kharkiv’s Kupiansk District

Prosecutors have opened a war-crimes inquiry into a separate Kharkiv airstrike that wounded a woman.

Overview

  • An overnight attack on the municipal utility premises in Prykolotne, part of the Vilkhuvatka community in the Kupiansk district, killed a 59-year-old man.
  • The strike destroyed an administrative building and sparked a fire that drew a response from ten rescue workers with three vehicles, a State Emergency Service medical team, and a community rescue officer.
  • The incident was reported by the State Emergency Service on Facebook, confirming the casualty and damage at the frontline site.
  • A day earlier, an airstrike on Shypuvate in the same district injured a 42-year-old woman, prompting a pre-trial investigation for a potential war crime under Article 438.
  • In the Sumy region, officials said a 52-year-old man in the Shalyhyne community was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds from a drone, with earlier shelling reported to have killed one person and injured several others.