One person was killed and 5 people were injured in aggressor’s shelling in Kharkiv region over the past 24 hours
Denys Karlovskyy - Friday, 29 April 2022, 22:45
One Kharkiv resident was killed and five other residents of the oblast (region) and the city were injured in Russian shelling on 29 April.
Source: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration
Quote: "The aggressors continued to shell Kharkiv, the settlements of Bohodukhiv, Izium and Loziv districts today.
"One person died and 5 people were injured as a result of enemy artillery and mortar strikes in residential areas of the city and region."
Details: One resident of the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv died from the invaders’ shelling.
Two Kharkiv residents were injured, as were three residents of Zolochiv, Barvinkove and Lozova communities (hromadas).
Background:
On 28 April, Russians killed 5 and injured 11 civilians in Kharkiv Region.
On the morning of 29 April, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the aggressors had been focusing their efforts on holding their existing positions near the city of Kharkiv.
On the morning of 29 April, the Russian aggressors shelled Kharkiv using "Grad" and "Smerch" multiple rocket launchers.
In the afternoon of 29 April, it was reported that Ukrainian defenders had liberated Ruska Lozova village, north of Kharkiv. Russian troops used to carry out devastating artillery shelling of civilians from this location.
Near Izium, Ukrainian soldiers found the body of a 27-year-old ATO veteran [Anti-Terrorist Operation - Ukrainian military counter-offensive against pro-Russian forces in Donbas during 2014-18, now renamed Joint Forces Operation -ed.] who served as a military medic. Multiple signs of torture and degrading treatment were found on his body, including having been shot through the knees.
