Russian troops hit Kupiansk front in Kharkiv Oblast, injuring woman

Russian troops pummelled the Kupiansk front in Kharkiv Oblast; an elderly woman received a missile shrapnel wound, and a critical infrastructure target was damaged in the city of Kupiansk. 

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram 

Quote: "During the past 24 hours, no strikes on Kharkiv were recorded. But the enemy continues intensive shelling on the Kupiansk front."

Details: Syniehubov reported that Russian troops attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlements of Chervona Zoria, Krasne, Starytsia, Dvorichna and Novomlynsk.

During strikes on the village of Kivsharivka of the Kupiansk district, a 63-year-old woman suffered a shrapnel wound after the missile attack. She was hospitalised, and her condition is moderately serious. 

At about 23:45, a critical infrastructure target was damaged in Kupiansk after an attack from an S-300 air defence system. 

In addition, a two-storey administration building caught fire in the Kupiansk district after the Russian attack. No victims were reported.

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