UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Apr. 8 — Over the day of Apr. 7, the Russian forces attacked 17 settlements in the Kharkiv oblast, injuring 2 people, reported Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of the region. 

In total Russia used five glide bombs and 66 kamikaze drones of different types to attack the Kharkiv region, Syniehubov added.  

Syniehubov said that Russia injured a 40-year-old man in the village of Kachalivka of Krasnokutsk community and a 50-year-old woman in the village of Vysoke of Zolochiv community. Russian forces also damaged a house in Vysoke. 

Russian attacks struck the Bohodukhiv district, damaging a storage building in Kalynove. In the nearby village of Klynova-Novoselivka, a house, outbuildings, and power lines were also damaged. 

Russian drones damaged the Donets-Zakharzhevsky estate, a 19th-century architectural landmark, in the village of Velkyi Burluk of Kupiansk district, reported Andrii Kanashevych, the head of the Kupiansk district military administration.

According to him, the estate was built around 1835. It was considered a cultural heritage site and had been preserved for a long time despite the upheavals of the 20th century.

“The estate survived the turbulent 20th century, two devastating world wars, and the Soviet era with its hostility toward national memory — only to be destroyed on Apr. 7, 2026, by the same horde,” Kanashevych wrote.

In Velykyi Burluk, Russia also damaged two houses and  two vehicles. In the settlement of Prykolotne of the Kupiansk district, Russian forces damaged two private houses and an outbuilding.

In the village of Vasylivka Persha in the Izium district, a Russian airstrike damaged a car. 

In the city of Merefa, Kharkiv district, four private houses and three cars were damaged by Russian attacks. In the village of Cherkaski Tyshky, a warehouse was hit.

In the village of Buhaivka, Chuhuiv district, Russia damaged two houses.

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