UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Nov. 2 — In the morning, Russian forces attacked Chuhuiv (12 miles east of Kharkiv) and Izium (over 60 miles east of Kharkiv), Halyna Minaieva, the Chuhuiv mayor, and the Izium city military administration said.

According to the Izium city military administration, at 9 a.m., Russian forces attacked the city with glide bombs, hitting three districts. The attacks killed one and injured at least 15 people.

One of the bombs hit a five-story apartment building and destroyed three lower floors of it. The attack damaged five neighboring apartment buildings and several cars.

In the center of Izium, a bomb struck a four-story residential building, damaging six neighboring apartment buildings and cars.

Another bomb struck the ground in a residential area, damaging about 20 houses and two shops.

Damaged apartment building after Russian attacks on Izium / Photo: Kharkiv regional military administration

Later, at 10:50 a.m., Halyna Minaeva reported on a Russian drone attack on Chuhuiv. She said three Russian drones hit shops and houses.

The attack injured at least five people, Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the Kharkiv oblast, said. Four women suffered explosive injuries. Another woman had an acute stress reaction.

Over the past day, Russian forces attacked 11 settlements in the Kharkiv oblast, injuring 19 people, including a child.

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