Kyiv accuses Russian troops of capturing and shooting civilians in border town of Vovchansk
Residents of Vovshansk and surrounding villages are evacuated to the city of Kharkiv on Tuesday, May 14th. Photograph: Emile Ducke/New York Times’s advance in parts of the eastern Kharkiv region and accused Moscow’s troops of taking local residents captive and killing at least one civilian who tried to escape from them in the embattled border town of Vovchansk.
“As of today, the situation in the Kharkiv region is generally under control, and our warriors are inflicting significant losses on the occupier. However, the situation in this direction remains extremely difficult, so our units are being reinforced,” the presidential administration added.
“In the northern part of Vovchansk, where active hostilities are taking place, the Russian military is taking civilians captive,” Ukrainian interior minister Ihor Klymenko said.
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