UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Sep 17 — Since the beginning of the year, the Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region killed 321 people, including 16 children, reported Oleh Syniehubov, governor of Kharkiv Oblast.
Towns and villages of the Kharkiv Oblast come under massive Russian artillery shelling and air strikes often, even more so since Russia launched a new ground offensive north and northeast of the region in the Vovchansk and Lyptsi directions in May.
Also, since the beginning of the year, Russian shelling has injured 1,954 people, including 155 children.
In total, over 8.5 months, Russia has attacked the Kharkiv region more than 3,000 times with various types of weapons.
The UN reports in their recent report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict that at least 184 civilians were killed and 856 injured in Ukraine in August as a result of Russian aggression.
UPD from September 18, 4:45 p.m. (Kyiv time): Russian shelling killed 321 and injured 1,954 not since September, but since the beginning of the 2024 year. A mistake in the lead paragraph fixed
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- At night, the Russian army launched a combined attack on Kharkiv with drones and North Korean missiles, injuring a 66-year-old woman, reported the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
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