Russian troops on March 5 shelled the village of Budarky in Kharkiv Oblast, killing a married couple in a car, the regional prosecutor’s office reported.
The prosecutor’s office has started an investigation into the murder.
In 2022, at least 1,600 civilians were killed in Kharkiv Oblast as a result of Russia’s war, and almost 3,300 high-rise buildings were damaged by Russian missiles, according to Dmytro Chubenko, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office.