Russians kills couple in Sumy Oblast as they try to evacuate

Russian forces killed a civilian couple from the village of Hrabovske in the Krasnopillia district in Sumy Oblast during an attempted evacuation on 27 January.

Source: Oleh Hryhorov, Head of Sumy Oblast Military Administration; Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office

Quote from Hryhorov: "A couple from one of the border villages of the Krasnopillia hromada have tried to leave a dangerous area. The man headed towards a safer place, transporting his injured wife on a sledge.

During the movement, Russian soldiers attacked the civilians, knowing that they were civilians." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Details: The strike killed the 52-year-old woman. A subsequent FPV drone strike killed her 54-year-old husband.

Hryhorov said that the couple could have been saved but repeated attacks had left them with no chance to reach safety.

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