The Russian occupiers attacked the Chuhuyiv district on the night of July 21. The shelling destroyed the utility company. People were not affected.
This was reported by the head of Kharkiv oblast administration, Oleg Syniehubov.
During the day, the Russians conducted a massive shelling of populated areas of Chuhuyiv, Bohoduhiv and Izyum districts, and Kharkiv. Shells damaged residential buildings, farm buildings, and fires broke out.
Four civilians were killed in Kharkiv oblast last night due to Russian shelling. Three people, including a 13-year-old boy, died in Kharkiv, a 72-year-old man died in the Bohodukhiv district.
11 people were injured. Three people were injured in Kharkiv, among them a 15-year-old girl. Five people were injured in Chuhuyiv district, two people were injured in Bohodukhiv district, and one person was injured in Izyum district.
According to Syniehubov, the Russian occupiers are deliberately shelling fields with ripe wheat and destroying the crop. During the day, fields were burning in the Chuhuyiv and Bohoduhiv districts. In the Zolochiv community, 2 fields on an area of 60 hectares caught fire at the same time due to enemy shelling. Rescuers and farmers prevented the fire from spreading to another 66 hectares. In total, the Russians have already destroyed more than 130 hectares of grain crops in the Kharkiv oblast.