Kharkiv region: Zolochiv is shelled for over 10 hours; one woman has been killed and another injured

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022, 20:47

ZOLOCHIV, KHARKIV OBLAST

Russian troops shelled the village of Zolochiv in the Kharkiv region for more than 10 hours, killing one elderly woman and seriously wounding another.

Source: Viktor Kovalenko, head of the Zolochiv community, talking to Suspilne

Details: Around 9 am, a 74-year-old resident of Zolochiv was killed when a howitzer shell hit a private house.

Another 73-year-old woman was seriously injured when she went outside at about 2 pm during the shelling. Fragments of an artillery shell hit the woman in the head and cut her torso and limbs. She was taken to hospital in Kharkiv in a critical condition.

"Zolochiv has never been shelled like this before, the whole day without a break", Kovalenko said.

According to the head of the community, the Russians were firing on the village with howitzers. Explosions were heard from 8 am onwards and did not stop until 6 pm.