Russian drone attack on Kupiansk: Three police officers, two civilians injured

Russian drone attack on Kupiansk: Three police officers, two civilians injured

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Three police officers and two civilians were injured in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, as a result of Russia’s Molniya-2 UAV attack.

The Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region announced this on its Telegram channel, Ukrinform reports.

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“On January 21, around 09:00, the occupiers attacked police officers on duty in the city of Kupiansk with a Molniya-2 UAV. Three police officers sustained shrapnel wounds of varying severity. They are being provided with medical aid. A police car was damaged,” the report says.

A civilian car also came under the attack. “A 64-year-old woman and her 68-year-old husband, residents of Kupiansk, were wounded,” the police said.

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Investigators have opened criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Article 438 (war crimes) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

As reported, two police officers were injured in the Kupiansk district by a Russian drone strike on January 20.

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