UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Oct. 21 — In the night, Russian forces attacked Korotych, a settlement five kilometers (three miles) from Kharkiv, killing two and injuring 12 people, Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the Kharkiv oblast, said.
According to the State Emergency Service of Kharkiv oblast, Russian drones attacked a residential area of the settlement. Rescuers recovered the bodies of a man and a woman from under the rubble of the house that was destroyed in the attack.
Children were among the wounded, including a two-month-old boy, an eight-year-old girl, and a 13-year-old boy.
Over the past day, Russian forces also attacked Kharkiv and 13 settlements in the region with two missiles, artillery, and 44 drones of different types, Syniehubov said.
In Kharkiv, the Russian army attacked a residential area of the Novobavarskyi district, injuring nine people. They also attacked the Osnovianskyi district of the city, the Kharkiv regional police said.
In the Kharkiv district, Russian troops attacked Derhachi, injuring three people and damaging power networks, shops, an administrative building, and cars.
In the Chuhuiv district, a Russian drone hit near a shop in Shestakove settlement, injuring a woman. They also attacked a farm in Ivanivka village.
Across the Kharkiv oblast, Russian attacks damaged a closed childcare institution, cars and storage buildings in the Bohodukhiv and Berestyn districts.
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