At around 01:25 p.m. on October 5, Russian troops shelled a cafe and shop in Hroza village, Kupyansk district. The bodies of 49 people, including a 6-year-old boy, were removed from the rubble. Another seven people were injured, including a child.

Hroza village is located 35 km / 21.7 mi to the front line / Map: deepstatemap.live
  • This was reported by Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

“Russian terror must be stopped. Anyone who helps Russia circumvent sanctions is a criminal. Everyone who still supports Russia is supporting evil. Russia needs this and similar terrorist attacks for only one thing: to make its genocidal aggression the new normal for the whole world. And I thank every leader, every nation that supports us in protecting life!” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented Russian war crime against civilians in Kupyansk district.

Russian army shelled village in Kupiansk district. October 5, 2023 / Photo: Oleh Syniehubov, head of Kharkiv RMA

GWARA’S CHOICE

Russian army shelled Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast. On October 4, at 1:00 p.m., the Russian army attacked Vovchansk of the Chuhuiv district in Kharkiv oblast. There are no victims yet.

Constant missile attacks and empty streets: how Kupyansk lives on the front line. This city in Kharkiv Oblast is 10-15 km/ 6–9 miles from the front line and 40 km/ 25 miles from the border with Russia. The city was severely damaged at the beginning of the full-scale invasion and during the battle for its liberation in September 2022. Today, it is constantly under fire from Russian aviation, MLRS and S-300 systems.

The Russian army renewed their offensive on the Lyman-Kupiansk axis. The Defence forces are repelling the adversary’s attacks and hitting Russians’ ammunition depots and fuel storages. A spokesman for Ukraine’s Eastern Group of Forces, Ilya Yevlash, reported on it during a national telemarathon on September 30.