UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Sep 18 — Over the past day, the Russian military shelled the town of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region four times, injuring six people, 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.

On September 18, Russia attacked Kupiansk three times, causing a building, a house, a woodpile, a car, three outbuildings, and grass over an area of 700 m2 to catch fire.

The fourth shelling, at 6:27 am on September 19, injured three women and three men aged 50 to 85. All of them have moderate injuries.

In Hlushkivka, Kupiansk district, the Russian shelling injured a 50-year-old man and killed a 55-year-old woman.

The Russian shelling caused grass to burn on a total area of more than 5.6 hectares in Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, Novoplatonivka, Novoosynove, Velyki Prokhody, and Vasylivka. Also, houses and an outbuilding burned in Novoosynove and Velyki Prokhody, and a tractor caught fire in Vasylivka.

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  • On September 12, Russian troops attacked eight settlements in the Kharkiv region 11 times. Attacks on Borova killed four people, reported Oleh Syniehubov, governor of Kharkiv Oblast.