Vladimir Putin released a 500 kg bomb on a church in Ukraine, killing a minimum of 4 individuals.
Days after Russia’s major intrusion entered its 3rd year, FAB-500 bombs were dropped on the northeastern Kharkiv area.
Among the victims was a Ukrainian priest, who was found under the debris of the church in the centre of the frontline city of Kupiansk
He was recognized as Yuriy Klymko, 58, who was likewise a Ukrainian military pastor.
‘The Church of Jesus Christ was recorded as being hit. A 58-year-old pastor was under the rubble,’ the Ukrainian Interior Ministry verified.
The bloodied body of a 39- year-old male was found not far from the church, in a café likewise damaged in the strike.
Kharkiv’s guv Oleh Synehubov stated 5 other individuals were injured in the city, some 40 miles from the Russian border.
In the town of Velykyi Burluk, a six-year old lady and her 48- year-old grandpa were eliminated.
Meanwhile, a minimum of 12 property homes were harmed in the strike previously today.
Before the war, Kupiansk was a busy train center with a population of about 30,000
It was quickly inhabited by Russian forces in the early weeks of the intrusion, however it was regained by Ukraine throughout the counteroffensive in the fall of that year.
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