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CNN —Eighteen people, including a 12-year-old girl, are among those killed in a Russian strike that hit a large store in Kharkiv on Saturday, regional officials have said, making it the deadliest attack Ukraine has endured in several weeks. He said that 48 people were injured in the strike that hit the megastore building while nearly 200 people were inside. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second biggest city, which sits near its border with Russia, has seen a spate of Russian attacks in recent weeks. Emergency workers carry out the body of a victim of a Russian strike that hit a large store in Kharkiv. Photographs from inside the store following the attack show the building in complete ruin, with burnt stock and collapsed walls.

Persons: Oleh Syniehubov, Ihor Klymenko, Maria Myronenko, Iryna, Serhii Bolvinov, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Ukraine’s, Pedro Sánchez, ” Sanchez, Zelensky, Antony Blinken Organizations: CNN, Getty, Catholic University, Investigative Department, Kharkiv Regional Police, Zelensky, Patriot, United States Locations: Kharkiv, Ukraine, Ukraine’s, Russia, Kostiantyn, Spain, Madrid, Spanish, ”

☆ Russian forces use border-town captives as ‘human shields,’ Ukrainian officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Mariya Knight | Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Vovchansk, in the northern Kharkiv region, has faced an onslaught, with Russian forces claiming to control surrounding villages, forcing civilians to flee. The details came a day after Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said Russians are taking civilians captive in northern Vovchansk. Russia has not commented on its troops using civilians as human shields or targeting those trying to evacuate. Russian forces launched airstrikes on Kharkiv Friday, killing at least three people and injuring 28, mayor Ihor Terekhov said in a Telegram post. He also said there may be several waves of Russian attacks on the region, and emphasized the need for Patriot missile systems to push Russian troops out of Kharkiv.

Persons: Serhii Bolvinov, ” Bolvinov, Bolvinov, Ihor Klymenko, ” Klymenko, Ihor Terekhov, Oleh Syniehubov, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky Organizations: CNN, Russian, Kharkiv, police, Suspilne, Ukraine’s, ” Police, Russian Defense Ministry, AFP, Patriot, The United States Locations: Vovchansk, Moscow, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukrainian, Russian, Russia

☆ Russia kept Ukrainian prisoners in open-air cages and used mock executions to extract information, witnesses tell NYT
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A witness told NYT of open-air cages; another spoke of being put through a mock execution. Serhii was reported as living in Balakliya, a town south of Kharkiv city that was recaptured on September 8. Serhii described being out with his brother and a friend when Russian soldiers detained them, the paper reported. The soldiers stripped them, beat them and subjected them to interrogation to try to extract information on the positions of Russian forces, he told the paper. The three were held in a basement and released two weeks later, the paper reported him as saying.

☆ Dead Ukrainians found with clear signs of torture in territory recaptured from Russia, Ukraine officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bodies found at a mass burial site in Ukraine had signs of torture, Ukrainian officials said. The site is located in Izium, Ukraine, which has been recently retaken from Russian occupation. Ukrainian Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Enin said the bodies unearthed from the area had "traces of a violent death." Ukrainian officials believe that the majority of those found were civilians. In recent days, Russia has suffered disastrous defeats in the war as Ukrainian forces reclaimed thousands of square miles of territory from Russian occupation in a stunning and lightning-fast counteroffensive.

☆ A mass burial site containing at least 440 bodies was found in a recaptured Ukrainian city, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

At least 440 graves were found in the recaptured Ukrainian city of Izyum, officials said Thursday. Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyA mass burial site containing at least 440 bodies was found in the recaptured Ukrainian city of Izyum, officials said. Ukraine's defense ministry said on Friday that mass graves were discovered in the city after it was retaken from Russia, and that the largest burial site had 440 unmarked graves. Ukraine's Center for Strategic Communications said on Friday that a mass gave with more than 400 bodies had been found. Ukrainian forces found mass graves and evidence of war crimes in both Bucha and Mariupol.

☆ Russian soldiers used a police station as a 'torture camp' where they interrogated people with electric shocks, Ukrainian officer says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Balakliya, a town in the eastern Kharkiv region, was recaptured by Ukraine on September 8. A regional official said the town's police station was used as a "torture camp" by Russians. "I will not describe all the tortures, I will only say that the 'easiest' was when they received electric shocks." He told the BBC that he was kept at the station for more than 40 days and was tortured with electricity. Officials told the BBC that locals were scared to even pass the station, in case they were grabbed by Russian soldiers.

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