UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Oct 10 — Yesterday, on October 9, the Russian military attacked seven settlements in the Kharkiv region, including the city of Kharkiv, reported Oleh Syniehubov, governor of Kharkiv Oblast.

Towns and villages of the Kharkiv Oblast come under massive Russian artillery shelling and air strikes often, even more so since Russia launched a new ground offensive north and northeast of the region in the Vovchansk and Lyptsi directions in May.

In Kupiansk and the village of Kozacha Lopan, Russians attacked two civilian cars with two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In Kupiansk, the attack injured a 65-year-old man, and in Kozacha Lopan, a 76-year-old woman and two 54-year-old men were injured.

The shelling of Zelenyi Hai in the Izium district damaged a house and injured a 49-year-old man.

The Russian shelling damaged two civilian cars in Kivsharivka, destroyed one house, and damaged seven other houses in Slatyne.

In Kharkiv, the attack damaged the windows of 12-story residential buildings, a car dealership, a shop, and a preschool building. The attack injured an 81-year-old woman, and she was not hospitalized.

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