Heavy Russian shelling hits Kupiansk: Four injured, people trapped under rubble
Illustrative photo: Russians strike Kupiansk (Getty Images)
Kupiansk came under heavy Russian shelling. Four people were injured, and three more may still be trapped under the rubble, Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, reports.
"Kupiansk is under heavy enemy shelling," Syniehubov emphasized.
According to the Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, at around 6:20 p.m. local time, Russian forces struck a private house with a guided aerial bomb. Due to the shelling, four people were injured: a 25-year-old woman, a 26-year-old man, and two women aged 52 and 73.
"Preliminarily, three more people may be under the rubble," Syniehubov added.
Situation in Kupiansk
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kupiansk has suffered regular shelling, resulting in numerous civilian casualties and significant infrastructure destruction.
Shelling of the city has varied in intensity throughout the conflict. For example, just yesterday, on April 11, Russian terrorists dropped aerial bombs on Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region.
Due to an enemy attack, people were wounded, and a medical facility was also damaged.
According to a new report today from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian forces have advanced on the Kupiansk axis and in the Donetsk region.
