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Russian troops shelled Dvorichna, a village in Kharkiv Oblast on July 18, killing a 72-year-old man and injuring a 65-year-old woman, according to the military administration of Kharkiv Oblast.
Dvorichna is located on the front line of Russia's troop build-up in the Kupiansk area. The Ukrainian military has said that heavy fighting has been ongoing in the area.
Dvorichna was liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during their counter-offensive of Kharkiv Oblast in the autumn of 2022.
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Elsa Court
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Elsa Court is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She was previously an intern at the Kyiv Post and has a Master’s in Conflict Studies and Human Rights from Utrecht University. Before joining the Kyiv Independent, she worked at the Netherlands Red Cross programme to arrange hosts for Ukrainian refugees and as a freelance writer and editor. Elsa is originally from the UK and is based in the Netherlands.
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