Main points
- In the Kupyansk direction, a Russian drone attacked a White Angels evacuation vehicle, killing police officers Yulia Keleberda and Yevhen Kalgan.
- A third law enforcement officer who was with them was injured; the deceased actively participated in evacuations from dangerous areas.
A drone attacked a White Angels evacuation vehicle / Collage by Channel 24, photo by the Ministry of Internal Affairs
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russians killed two police officers. An enemy Lancet drone hit a White Angels evacuation vehicle carrying the deceased and another of their colleagues.
This happened near the village of Seredniy Burluk. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the police of the Kharkiv region reported this.
What is known about the deadly attack in the Kupyan region?
The deceased police officers were named Yulia Keleberda and Yevhen Kalgan. Another law enforcement officer was with them and was injured.
Yulia Keleberda and Yevhen Kalgan served in the “White Angels” from the very beginning of this unit's creation.
Risking their own lives, they returned again and again to where help was needed most,
– the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
This time they also set out to evacuate civilians.
In general, the police officers had numerous trips to the most dangerous settlements, dozens of rescued families, evacuated children, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
Julia will be 23 forever. Her parents were left without a daughter.
And Yevhen was 39. He is survived by his wife, 16-year-old son, 7-year-old daughter, and mother.
Recent crimes of Russians
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An occupier was sentenced to life imprisonment in Kyiv on February 20. In January 2025, he shot Ukrainian prisoners of war who had surrendered in the Kursk region.
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Recently, in Sumy region, Russians killed Anastasia Pashkevych by pointing a Lancet at her car. That day, she was giving her father a lift, who had come from Pokrovsk for a few days.
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Earlier, in Sumy region, the occupiers killed a 52-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man during an evacuation from Grabovske. First, they aimed a drone at the woman, and then at the man who was mourning her.