UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Jun 19 — Over the past day, Russian forces launched 41 unguided missiles, five aerial guided bombs, three attack drones, and three FPV-drones on four settlements in Kharkiv Oblast, reported Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the region.

He also noted that there were not any casualties, but Russia damaged civilian infrastructure.

CNN, in their recent article, investigated a new Russian attack tactic and said that Russia has ramped up its airborne attacks against Ukraine in recent weeks. These attacks are also more concentrated and executed in a way that makes them a lot more difficult to combat — drones are flown at higher altitudes, out of reach of machine guns.

In Kharkiv Oblast, Russian troops damaged a residential building in Ivashky village in Bohodukhiv district, three houses in Kupiansk, and a lyceum building in Lozova.

On June 19, the General Staff also reported about 10 Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Kharkiv and Kupiansk directions.

Two units that operate in Kharkiv Oblast have commented on the situation in Dvorichna on the Kupiansk axis. They both noted that Russian troops don’t have full control over the settlement, but they are present there with small assault groups.

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