UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Dec 17 – On the evening of December 16, Russian troops attacked Kupiansk, Kharkiv region. The attack killed one man and injured another, who was hospitalized with severe injuries, reported Oleh Syniehubov, governor of Kharkiv Oblast.

Towns and villages of the Kharkiv Oblast come under massive Russian shelling and airstrikes, often during the full-scale invasion, as Moscow targets civilian and critical infrastructure in the region.

According to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the deceased was 53 years old. Later, there were reports that a civilian man injured during the shelling died on the way to the hospital. He was 64.

On December 16, the State Emergency Service reported that between December 9 and 15, Russian attacks on the Kharkiv region injured 22 people. 17 of them were injured in a Russian missile attack on December 10 on the town of Zlatopil, Lozova district.

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  • On December 11 at 4:45 p.m., the Russian MLRS attack on the village of Kutkivka, Kupiansk district, destroyed the building of an educational institution, reported Oleh Syniehubov, governor of Kharkiv Oblast.