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Russia bombards Ukraine's Kozacha Lopan

44 images Created 22 Sep 2022

Before crossing into Russia, this village was the last railway stop in northeastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region. It is located just eight minutes from the Russian border. People could exchange Ukrainian hryvnia for Russian rubles, grab a coffee and stretch their legs.
Now, the customs post is blown apart. The high-ceilinged train station is pock-marked with bullet holes. The steel tracks in front of the platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and today (Thursday, Sept 22, 2022). And Ukrainian police say they found a torture chamber in the station's basement where Russians may have interrogated residents.

Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month.

For VX Pictures, Vudi Xhymshiti
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  • A train wagon is seen out-railed as the steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
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  • An old lady pushes a buggy on Kooperatyvna road in Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village, approximately eight minutes to the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Russian Federation bombed the village's train station three days ago and attacked it again today. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
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  • An old lady pushes a buggy on Kooperatyvna road in Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village, approximately eight minutes to the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Russian Federation bombed the village's train station three days ago and attacked it again today. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
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  • A civilian vehicle marked with the "Z" symbol of the Russian Armed Forces lays on the roadside of Tsupivka village, nearly 20/km away from the Russian border. Russians started shelling Ukrainian border villages three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. This is one of the many abandoned Russian checkpoints after Ukrainian forces took back the border villages, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A civilian vehicle marked with the "Z" symbol of the Russian Armed Forces lays on the roadside of Tsupivka village, nearly 20/km away from the Russian border. Russians started shelling Ukrainian border villages three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. This is one of the many abandoned Russian checkpoints after Ukrainian forces took back the border villages, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A civilian vehicle marked with the "Z" symbol of the Russian Armed Forces lays on the roadside of Tsupivka village, nearly 20/km away from the Russian border. Russians started shelling Ukrainian border villages three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. This is one of the many abandoned Russian checkpoints after Ukrainian forces took back the border villages, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The high-ceilinged train station is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A blue truck was marked with the Russian Military aggression symbol "Z" in the yard of the Train Station, which is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The high-ceilinged train station is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A farmer harvests beetroot nearby Kooperatyvna road in Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village, approximately eight minutes to the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Russian Federation bombed the village's train station three days ago and attacked it again today. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A farmer harvests beetroot nearby Kooperatyvna road in Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village, approximately eight minutes to the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Russian Federation bombed the village's train station three days ago and attacked it again today. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • An old lady pushes a buggy on Kooperatyvna road in Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village, approximately eight minutes to the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Russian Federation bombed the village's train station three days ago and attacked it again today. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • An old lady pushes a buggy on Kooperatyvna road in Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village, approximately eight minutes to the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Russian Federation bombed the village's train station three days ago and attacked it again today. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • An old lady pushes a buggy on Kooperatyvna road in Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village, approximately eight minutes to the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Russian Federation bombed the village's train station three days ago and attacked it again today. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A blue truck was marked with the Russian Military aggression symbol "Z" in the yard of the Train Station, which is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A blue truck was marked with the Russian Military aggression symbol "Z" in the yard of the Train Station, which is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The high-ceilinged train station is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The high-ceilinged train station is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A train wagon is seen out-railed as the steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The high-ceilinged train station is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The high-ceilinged train station is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The high-ceilinged train station is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The high-ceilinged train station is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The high-ceilinged train station is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • Railway electricity wires dangle and the steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The high-ceilinged train station is pock-marked with bullet holes and shrapnels as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • Railway electricity wires dangle and the steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • The Church of Svyato-Arkhanhelo-Mykhaylivskyy Khram is seen opposite the steel tracks in front of the train station platform in Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv, Ukraine on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. Kozacha Lopan Ukrainian village is located approximately eight minutes from the Russian border town Krasnyi Khutor. Kozacha Lopan was one of the first places Russian troops took over when they invaded Ukraine in late February. But Ukrainian forces took back the village, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • Railway electricity wires dangle and the steel tracks in front of the train station platform are twisted from explosions as Russians shelled it three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A civilian vehicle marked with the "Z" symbol of the Russian Armed Forces lays on the roadside of Tsupivka village, nearly 20/km away from the Russian border. Russians started shelling Ukrainian border villages three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. This is one of the many abandoned Russian checkpoints after Ukrainian forces took back the border villages, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A civilian vehicle marked with the "Z" symbol of the Russian Armed Forces lays on the roadside of Tsupivka village, nearly 20/km away from the Russian border. Russians started shelling Ukrainian border villages three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. This is one of the many abandoned Russian checkpoints after Ukrainian forces took back the border villages, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A civilian vehicle marked with the "Z" symbol of the Russian Armed Forces lays on the roadside of Tsupivka village, nearly 20/km away from the Russian border. Russians started shelling Ukrainian border villages three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. This is one of the many abandoned Russian checkpoints after Ukrainian forces took back the border villages, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A civilian vehicle marked with the "Z" symbol of the Russian Armed Forces lays on the roadside of Tsupivka village, nearly 20/km away from the Russian border. Russians started shelling Ukrainian border villages three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. This is one of the many abandoned Russian checkpoints after Ukrainian forces took back the border villages, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A shovel, a shoe, and a soviet styled abandoned bag lay on the roadside of the tank trail nearby Tsupivka Village at an abandoned Russian position. Russians started shelling Ukrainian border villages three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. This is one of the many abandoned Russian checkpoints after Ukrainian forces took back the border villages, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A civilian vehicle marked with the "Z" symbol of the Russian Armed Forces lays on the roadside of Tsupivka village, nearly 20/km away from the Russian border. Russians started shelling Ukrainian border villages three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. This is one of the many abandoned Russian checkpoints after Ukrainian forces took back the border villages, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A civilian vehicle marked with the "Z" symbol of the Russian Armed Forces lays on the roadside of Tsupivka village, nearly 20/km away from the Russian border. Russians started shelling Ukrainian border villages three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. This is one of the many abandoned Russian checkpoints after Ukrainian forces took back the border villages, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
  • A civilian vehicle marked with the "Z" symbol of the Russian Armed Forces lays on the roadside of Tsupivka village, nearly 20/km away from the Russian border. Russians started shelling Ukrainian border villages three days ago and on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. This is one of the many abandoned Russian checkpoints after Ukrainian forces took back the border villages, and much of the Kharkiv region, in a swift counteroffensive this month. (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
    Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian...jpg
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