UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Aug 19 — Over the past day, Russian forces attacked 16 settlements in Kharkiv Oblast with three guided bombs and 16 attack drones, injuring six people, said Oleh Syneihubov, the governor of Kharkiv region.

Earlier, the governor reported about Russian attacks on Kharkiv and 23 settlements. The attacks injured 48 and killed 12 people, including two children.

Over the past day, Russian attacks injured a 43-year-old, a 5-year-old, and a 70-year-old woman in Ruska Lozova village, a 35-year-old woman, an 8-year-old boy, and a 2.5-year-old girl in Peremoha village.

In Volokhivka, a 19-year-old man found an unknown object that exploded and injured him.

In Vilshany, a 46-year-old woman asked for medical help after the attack on the village on August 16.

Russians destroyed or damaged 11 houses, two farm buildings, a hangar,  a cafe, and five cars in the Kharkiv, Kupiansk, Chuhuiv, Bohodukhiv, and Lozova districts. On August 18, during the meeting with the American President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about a 1.5-year-old girl who died with her entire family after a Russian drone attack on the Industrialnyi district of Kharkiv .

“We are living under constant attack. Many children have been wounded, and a 1.5-year-old child has been killed. We need to stop this war and stop Russia. We need the support of our American and European partners. We support President Trump’s idea of ending this war through diplomatic means. We are ready for trilateral meetings,” said Zelenskyy, responding to a journalist’s question.

On August 18, the monitoring group reported that since the Ukrainian counteroffensive operations in November 2022, when Ukrainian forces advanced in Kharkiv and Kherson regions, Russia occupied 0.968% of Ukrainian territories.

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