Ukrainian Defence Intelligence officers conducted reconnaissance and established hidden weapons stockpiles in Kharkiv two weeks before the full-scale invasion, storing Kalashnikov rifles, machine guns, anti-tank grenade launchers and missiles.
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Defence Intelligence officers carried out additional intelligence measures and established hideouts with weapons in Kharkiv before the invasion
Police found a 34-year-old man killed by an unidentified explosive object near a garage in Kharkiv on March 12.
The victim had numerous shrapnel wounds and hand grenade elements were found at the scene.
Police opened a suicide investigation into the incident.
Occupiers shelled areas of Volfyne settlements of the Sumy region and Strilecha, Mali Prohody, Krasne, Velyky Burluk, and Bologivka settlements of the Kharkiv region.
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