KURYLIVKA, UKRAINE, 5 Mar — At 10:30 a.m., the Russian army shelled Kurylivka in the Kupiansk district, killing a 68-years-old local woman, reported the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
Law enforcement services were working at the hit site. “Investigators, criminalists, and pyrotechnicians urgently arrived at the place. They’re investigating the hit site and document the consequences of a war crime,” the Prosecutor’s Office says.
What’s known about the situation in the Kupiansk district?
On February 20, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, reported that the Russian military keeps shelling border districts of the Kharkiv oblast and continues to storm Ukrainian defenders’ positions on the Kupiansk axis, trying to seize the high ground and occupy Kupiansk as a vital logistical hub. He added that Ukrainian troops restrain the assault of Russian forces in the area and don’t give up their positions.
On February 24, people’s deputy [member of the Ukrainian Parliament — ed.] Oleksandra Ustynova said to Deutsche Welle that the next, after the occupation of Avdiivka, the goal of Russian President Vladimir Putin can become [occupation of] Kupiansk and Kharkiv after that. This could happen if the Western partner won’t increase the aid and Ukraine won’t receive ammunition, longer-range missiles, and promised F-16 fighters.
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- General Staff: Ukrainian forces repelled 11 Russian attacks on Kupiansk axis
- ISW: Russian army intensifies strikes at Oskil crossings in the Kupiansk direction
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