According to Ukrainian defense forces, Russian troops allegedly killed two civilian residents of Kruhliakivka in the Kupiansk District, presumably to discredit the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The identities of the deceased or their bodies cannot be identified or evacuated, because they are on territory that is temporarily under occupation. This information was announced on November 5 by an officer from the communications section of the 77th Airmobile Brigade.
According to him, drone footage appeared on November 3, and it was published by a Russian account on Telegram.
“He posted drone footage, including from a Russian stream, where there is a mark of the 96th Reconnaissance Battalion. He posted a video showing the strike on two civilians and a dog, accusing the soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”
– Viktor Petrovych, Communications Officer of the 77th Airmobile Brigade
Our intelligence officers, based on all available data, concluded that the deceased were likely traveling from Kruhliakivka toward the occupied territory or trying to evacuate. The enemy used these circumstances as a possible pretext to discredit the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Context of the Incident and Shelling
In Kruhliakivka, Kharkiv region, the Russians struck with a drone at people moving with a white flag on November 3, 2025. The article also mentions: the 77th Separate Airmobile Brigade of the 7th Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Air Assault Forces.
“It is impossible to identify the deceased, because their bodies are on territory temporarily out of Ukrainian control,”
– an officer of the communications department of the 77th Airmobile Brigade
“Names, identities, evacuating the bodies – impossible”
– an officer of the communications department of the 77th Airmobile Brigade
After the incident, Ukrainian intelligence officers emphasize that the use of video materials by the occupiers remains one of the tools to discredit the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Final conclusions require further investigative actions and access to controlled territories to establish the circumstances of the civilians’ deaths.