UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Jun 27 — Over the day, Russian troops attacked five settlements in Kharkiv Oblast with 13 aerial guided bombs, 47 unguided missiles, and a Shahed drone, killing one and injuring five people, reported Oleh Syniehubov, governor of Kharkiv Oblast.

In Vovchanski Khutory, a village in the Vovchansk community, a Russian attack injured a 70-year-old man.

In Pidlyman, a village in the Borova community, Russians injured 43-year-old, 33-year-old, and 40-year-old men. The attack damaged a recreation complex and an agricultural business.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said that the Russian attack on Pidlyman set fire to 700 square meters of agricultural business territory and killed cattle.

Damaged agricultural business in Pidlyman after Russian attack on June 27 / Photo: Oleh Syniehubov

Russia also dropped an aerial guided bomb on Kupiansk, injuring a 59-year-old woman, said the local police.

On June 26, Russian troops launched another aerial guided bomb on Vilkhuvatka, a village in Kupiansk district, hitting a house in the village and killing a 53-year-old man.

Syniehubov also reported about a Russian attack in Osynovo, a village in the Kupiansk district, that damaged a house. There were no casualties.

The General Staff reported about 22 Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Kupiansk direction and north of Kharkiv over the past day.

Earlier, the Institute for the Study of War reported about the Russian advance in Vovchansk, northeast of Kharkiv. However, the Ukrainian military denied this information.

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