UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Oct 18 — At 2:13 a.m. in the village of Shcherbaky, Bohodukhiv district, near the Kharkiv-Bohodukhiv-Okhtyrka highway, a car was on fire as a result of a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle strike, 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 October 17, at 11:30 a.m., Russians dropped a glide bomb (KAB) on a bridge over the Siverskyi Donets River in the village of Staryi Saltiv, Chuhuiv district, hitting the water. There were no reports of any casualties.

Also, at 11:30 a.m., the Russian military dropped a KAB on a restaurant in the village of Buhaivka, Chuhuiv district. As a result of the attack, the restaurant building was damaged, and one of the premises was destroyed.

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