Civilian convoy attacked between Kupiansk and Svatove

''See also 'Kraken'

Summary
October 1, 2022 the day after an attack on civilians fleeing Zaporizhzhia that killed 30. Reports surfaced in the western media blaming Russian forces for an attack on a civilian convoy some days earlier. Twenty six people, around half of them children, fleeing from Ukrainian held Kubiansk towards LPR lines are thought to have died.

Video

 * Telegram @FilyaGonor - September 30, 2022
 * The scene of a shooting civilian convoy between Svatovo and Kupyansk Ukraine war footage - SuperDoberDev, October 2, 2022
 * Курилівка, розстріляна російськими окупантами колона мирних жителів - FAKEOFF, October 4, 2022

Ukrainian/ western accusations

 * SBU head describes Russian troops’ attack on civilian convoy in Kharkiv Oblast - New Voice of Ukraine, October 1, 2022
 * 20 people were killed as result of shelling at evacuation convoy between Svatove and Kupiansk - LiveUA Map, October 1, 2022
 * Twitter: @KyivIndependent - Ukrainian authorities found a civilian convoy with about 20 people dead in their cars near Kupiansk, according to Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
 * Twitter: @Suspilne_news - Ten kids were killed in the attack in the #Kharkiv region, the Security Service of Ukraine informed. At least six cars came under gunfire and were shot by a #Russian sabotage group at the end of September.
 * Russian ‘sabotage and reconnaissance group’ execute children at ‘point blank’ and blow up a ‘civilian convoy’ killing at least 20 - London Loves Business, October 1, 2022
 * HORRORS OF WAR Twenty killed ‘including children’ after civilian convoy is hit by Russian shelling in ‘cruel’ attack - The Sun, October 1, 2022
 * ''"A brutal attack on civilians was carried out by a subversive and intelligence group of the occupiers - they shot six old cars at close range with small arms and one Gazelle truck," he said.
 * More than 20 civilians, including 10 children, killed in Russian convoy shelling, says regional authority - CNN, October 1, 2022
 * CNN could not independently verify the allegations.
 * 13 children killed in Russian attack on civilian convoy in Kharkiv oblast - Halya Coynash, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 3, 2022
 * ‘Cruelty with no meaning’: Civilians flee a city with no power or water – but plenty of Russian missiles - Kim Sengupta, The Independent (Mirrored), October 6, 2022

Purported Survivor's testimony

 * Video: Розстріл колони під Куп'янськом: люди, які вижили, розказали про напад та свій порятунок - Суспільне Харків, October 4, 2022.
 * ''Під час розстрілу колони під Куп'янськом Харківської області врятуватися змогли 7 людей, які 25 вересня хотіли евакуюватися якомога далі від обстрілів. Дехто з них нині — у Харкові в лікарні. Що, за словами тих, хто вижив 25 вересня, сталося — матеріал Суспільне Харків. https://suspilne.media/288391-rozstri...]


 * They shot until the screams of the children and women stopped! Testimonies of people who survived the shelling of the convoy near Kupyansk - Fakty, October 5, 2022

Official investigations

 * Experts identify weapons deployed in Russian attack on convoy in Kharkiv Oblast - Ukrainska Pravda, October 20, 2022


 * "Parts of 30 and 45 mm highly explosive shells were found in the cars. Our French colleagues concluded that [these shells] are used with military guns mounted on heavy military vehicles, BMP-2 and BRM 3K Rys [Lynx]. These vehicles are in service with the Russian army.
 * In addition, metal remnants of shells were found in 16 civilian bodies they examined. [The French experts] identified these shells and the weapon from which they were fired... It looks like these were VOG-17 and VOG-25."

Analysis
For more sources, background and investigation see talk
 * Did the ‘Kraken’ carry out this massacre of civilians? – The case to answer. - Diagonal, November 3, 2022
 * Here, examining the location and context of the attack, I present the case that the atrocity was the work of a Ukrainian ‘Kraken’ unit