KHARKIV OBLAST, UKRAINE, May 6 — Yesterday afternoon, on May 5, the Russian army dropped glide bombs on the Shevchenkivskyi and Kyivskyi districts of Kharkiv, injuring 16 people, reported the Kharkiv Oblast Governor, Oleh Syniehubov.

The Russian attack damaged 14 apartment buildings, three cars, eight private houses, garages, cafés, a medical facility, a dormitory, and an office building, and destroyed three private houses.

In total, 15 settlements in the Kharkiv region came under Russian fire artillery and mortar attacks over the past day.

On the night of May 6, Russians dropped bombs on the village of Zolochiv, Bohodukhiv district. The bombing damaged the building of the Children’s and Youth Sports School, the village council, the House of Culture, the Social Protection Department, a court building, and 10 private houses. 

A Russian attack destroyed the boiler room of the Children’s and Youth Sports School and two private houses. A 59-year-old woman sustained shrapnel injuries and post-concussion syndrome.

On the afternoon of May 5, a 79-year-old man was injured in the village of Kivsharivka, Kupiansk district, in a Russian artillery shelling. 

On the same day, the Russian army also dropped a KAB bomb on the village of Monachynivka in the Kupiansk district. They damaged at least 15 residential buildings. An 88-year-old woman was killed. Two men aged 34 and 66 were injured.

Russians attack Kharkiv region, which borders Russia, daily. Russian troops strike the towns and villages of the region with S-300 missiles, Iranian-made Shahed drones, glide bombs and mortars.

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