Russia shelled parts of the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing four civilians, including a six-year-old girl and a priest, regional authorities and the Interior Ministry said.
The 58-year-old priest was killed in the frontline city center of Kupiansk after being buried in the rubble of a church that was hit, Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synehubov said. A 39-year-old man who was at a nearby coffee shop was also killed.
At least 12 houses were damaged when Russia dropped FAB-500 bombs on the town, which is about 40 km from the Russian border, Synehubov said.
Five other people were injured in what has become a war-torn ghost town, as Russia's self-styled “special military operation” enters its third year.
The Interior Ministry said a six-year-old girl and her 48-year-old grandfather were killed in the village of Velykyi Burluk, near Kupiansk.
Moscow says it does not target civilians. The United Nations has confirmed more than 10,000 civilian deaths during Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine and says the real number is likely much higher.
Before the war, Kupiansk was a busy railway hub with a population of around 30,000.
It was briefly occupied by Russian forces in the first weeks of the Russian invasion, launched on February 24, 2022, but was recaptured by Ukraine in a lightning counteroffensive in the fall of that year.
Source: CNN Brasil
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