Download the all-new Republic app:

Published 07:11 IST, November 3rd 2022

Village in Kharkiv region under daily shelling

About 3,000 people lived in the Ukrainian village of Petropavlovka before the Russian invasion, now there are no more than 800 residents.

Follow: Google News Icon
  • share
Image: AP | Image: self
Advertisement

About 3,000 people lived in the Ukrainian village of Petropavlovka before the Russian invasion, now there are no more than 800 residents.

The village has endured daily shelling since the start of the war.

Advertisement

Several residential buildings burned down on Tuesday and three people were injured: 25-year-old Ekaterina and her two children: six-year-old Svetlana and three-year-old Roman.

Military paramedics rushed them to a hospital in Kharkiv for urgent medical attention.

Advertisement

Ambulances can no longer enter the village because of a destroyed bridge and heavy shelling.

According to the head of the military administration of the local council, more than half of the houses in the village have been destroyed, as well as vital infrastructure.

Advertisement

In the battered building of a rural outpatient clinic, the bodies of two Russian soldiers were seen lying amongst the rubble.

 

Advertisement

07:11 IST, November 3rd 2022