Under the procedural leadership of Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pretrial investigation of the shelling of Zolochiv was launched, as a result of which one woman died, two more were hospitalized.

According to the press service of Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, criminal proceedings have been opened under Part 2 of Article 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

"It was established that on March 10, 2022, between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired artillery at the town of Zolochiv... As a result of the shelling, a 56-year-old local resident died. Two women with injuries of varying severity were hospitalized in Bohodukhivska central district hospital. They have now been operated on," the statement said.

According to the regional prosecutor's office, as a result of the shelling, two residential buildings were also completely destroyed, and two more were damaged.

The pretrial investigation is being carried out by investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv region.