Easter Sunday: Russian troops fire on Chuhuiv in Kharkiv Region, wounding 3, including 1 child

Denys Karlovskyi – Sunday, 24 April 2022, 16:13

On Easter Sunday Russian troops opened fire on a high-rise apartment building and a private house, wounding 3 people, including a child.

Source: Suspilne Kharkiv, citing Mayor of Chuhuiv Halyna Minaieva; Volodymyr Tymoshko, Regional Police Chief, on Facebook

According to Tymoshko: "Child, born in 2010, diagnosis: shrapnel wounds in right and left hips and right and left calves.

Mother, born in 1986, diagnosis: shrapnel wounds in left hip.

Another local resident, born in 1953, diagnosis: shrapnel wounds on the left side of the back, exposed pneumothorax."

Details: Tymoshko asked local residents to remain at home over Easter, as the Russian occupying troops are quite capable of opening fire on civilians even on a religious holiday.

Minaieva told reporters that residential buildings in Chuhuiv were damaged in the attack.

Earlier:

• On 23 April Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, warned that the region’s residents should remain at home because the Russian occupiers were preparing provocations for Easter. 3 people were killed on the outskirts of Kharkiv on 23 April as a result of Russian shelling.
• Also on 23 April the Armed Forces of Ukraine recaptured 3 villages to the north of Kharkiv.