Investigators of the SBU in Kharkiv region, under the procedural leadership of the regional prosecutor's office, have launched a pretrial investigation into the Russian shelling of residential buildings in the Osnoviansky district of the city, as killing civilians.

"According to investigators, on March 25, 2022, servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces fired artillery rounds hitting residential buildings in the Osnoviansky district of Kharkiv, killing 5 civilians. In addition, houses and vehicles were damaged," the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reports.

Criminal proceedings were opened under Part 2 of Article 438 (violation of rules of the warfare accompanied with an intended murder) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.