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Governor: Russian attack kills 1 in Kharkiv Oblast

by Elsa Court and The Kyiv Independent news desk August 29, 2023 12:38 PM 1 min read
A building in Kupiansk damaged by shelling on Aug. 29, 2023. (Oleh Syniehubov / Telegram)
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Russian forces shelled Kupiansk on Aug. 29, killing a 45-year-old man, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.

The man was employed as a security guard at a meat processing plant and was at work when the factory was hit.

An apartment building and a house in Kupiansk were also damaged in the attack. A 67-year-old man received shrapnel wounds, Syniehubov added.

There is an ongoing Russian offensive in the direction of Kupiansk, with around 110,000 Russian soldiers thought to be massed along the Kupiansk-Lyman axis, according to Illia Yevlash, spokesperson for the Eastern Military Group.

Ukrainian authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of 37 settlements in the Kupiansk district on Aug 9.

A total of 1,433 people, including 343 children, have been evacuated from front-line areas in Kharkiv Oblast's Kupiansk district since Aug. 9, Syniehubov said on Aug. 28.

Kupiansk was occupied by Russian forces from Feb. 27 to Sept. 10 of 2022.

Russian attacks kill 6, injure 11 over past day
Casualties were reported in Donetsk, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, and Sumy oblasts over the last 24 hours.

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