On July 23, the Russian military shelled the village of Ryzhevka, Sumy region. Local farmer killed in attack. This was announced by the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky on the air of the telethon and the press service of the Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office on Facebook.

Zhivitsky said that the shell of the invaders, fired from a self-propelled artillery mount, hit the tractor of a local resident at the moment when the owner was repairing it. The man died on the spot from a shrapnel wound..

Subsequently, the prosecutor's office clarified that the invaders fired at Ryzhevka, Sumy region, at about 15:00. The farmer who died in his own yard was 71 years old. In addition, the explosion damaged the household and two tractors..

Investigators have already launched a pre-trial investigation into violations of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder. They determined that the Russian army hit the village from its territory, using heavy artillery.

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According to Dmitry Zhivitsky, during July 23, Russian troops also fired mortars and large-caliber small arms at the Shalygin and Krasnopolskaya communities of the Sumy region.

In addition, the enemy fired ten missiles from two planes that did not enter the airspace of Ukraine at the settlements of the Khotyn and Nikolaev communities..

Earlier it was reported that on the evening of July 23, Russian invaders hit Nikolaev for the second time in a day and damaged a residential building.. A 16-year-old girl received a shrapnel wound, people remain under the rubble.