UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Feb. 9 — At about 4:00 a.m., Russia dropped seven glide bombs on Kharkiv oblast’s Derhachi community, with four bombs hitting Tsupivka and three bombs hitting Dubivtsi village, reported local administration. 

“It’s a real miracle people weren’t injured in these circumstances,” said Viacheslav Zadorenko, the head of Derhachi military administration. 

The Derhachi community is adjacent to the Russia-Ukraine border and is frequently attacked by many kinds of weaponry from Russian territory. Despite the constant threat, hundreds still live there. 

In Tsupivka, the Russian bombardment damaged 50 residential houses and outbuildings. The Russian attack on Dubivka damaged 15 households. 

According to Viktor Kovalenko, the head of Zolochiv village military administration, Russia also hit Zolochiv with a Shahed drone, damaging a building of a business, a car, a two-story residential apartment building, and three shops. A girl born in 2008 experienced an acute stress reaction in the aftermath of the attack. 

About 10:25 a.m. today, Russia also hit Zolochiv with a first-person view (FPV) drone, hitting the road and a car and blasting the windows out in two houses. No casualties have been reported. 

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