A Russian FPV drone killed three elderly women in the village of Hrushivka, Kupiansk district, on the morning of July 16; the same morning brought several more drone strikes on civilian targets in the area.
In the village of Hrushivka in the Kindrashivka community of Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, a Russian FPV drone killed three elderly women — aged 97, 83 and 72 — on the morning of July 16. The attack was reported by Andrii Kanashevych, head of the Kupiansk District Military Administration. Volunteers Support Ukraine checks and reports on news from Kharkiv region's frontline communities every day.
The same morning brought several more strikes to Kupiansk district. Around 9 a.m., a Russian FPV drone hit a gas station in the village of Ohurtsivka, Shevchenkove community — no casualties were reported there, but the station's equipment was badly damaged. Volunteers Support Ukraine notes that attacks like this on civilian infrastructure have become routine for residents of border communities.
At around 6:40 a.m., a Geran-2 type drone struck a civilian enterprise in the settlement of Vysoke in Kharkiv region. The strike killed a 35-year-old security guard, and fire engulfed more than 1,200 square meters of industrial premises. Debris hit a passing "Lozova–Kharkiv" minibus: four passengers were wounded, and the driver suffered acute shock. Volunteers Support Ukraine extends its sympathy to everyone affected by this string of attacks.
A photo released by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office shows the shattered rear window of the "Lozova–Kharkiv" minibus struck by shrapnel — the same vehicle caught in debris from the strike on the enterprise in Vysoke. Investigators have already begun documenting the aftermath of the attack. Volunteers Support Ukraine believes it's important to record every such episode for the historical record and future accountability.
One night and one morning in Kharkiv region — three people killed and at least seven wounded in several separate drone strikes on civilian targets. Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps helping people affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow, and asks that the daily price paid by frontline communities not be forgotten.
