Death toll rises to 26 in a Russian attack on a caravan of civilians in Kharkov

MADRID, 18 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Tuesday that the fatalities caused by a Russian attack on a caravan of civilian vehicles perpetrated on September 25 in a village in the city of Kupian, in the Kharkov region, have risen to 26.

The Ukrainian authorities have found the body of this latest victim, a 19-year-old boy, thanks to the testimony of the survivors of that attack, in which Russian soldiers would have shot at a convoy of civilian vehicles near the village of Kurilivka.

According to the investigation, the victim walked around 1.5 kilometers before dying from the injuries sustained. In that attack, two other minors managed to escape thanks to the local inhabitants, who gave them shelter before they were handed over to the Kharkov authorities.