Five servicemen from the 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were reportedly shot dead by unknown individuals in the village of Kutuzivka, near Kharkiv, on October 13. Police reported that two men, likely in a private residence, carried out the shooting.

The incident was reported by a police lieutenant colonel in comments to the media. The source of the information is attributed to the Telegram channel 'Donbas Operatyvnyi'.