UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Dec. 9 — On Dec. 7, Russian forces attacked Kurylivka in the Kupiansk district with a glide bomb, injuring a 62-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman, said Andrii Kanashevych, the head of the military administration of the Kupiansk district.

Over the past day, Russians attacked eight settlements in Kharkiv oblast with four glide bombs and 15 drones of different types, injuring three people, said Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of the region.

Russian forces also attacked Kivsharivka village in the Kupiansk district, injuring a 77-year-old woman.

In the Chuhuiv district, a Russian drone attacked a non-operational recreation base, causing a fire spreading across an area of 100 square meters. A building and a tractor with a trailer were on fire. No one was injured, said the State Emergency Service in Kharkiv oblast.

A Russian FPV drone hit a house in Odnorobivka village in the Bohodukhiv district.

Also in the Bohodukhiv district, Russians damaged houses and power networks in Baranivka village and a civilian car in Klynova-Novoselivka village.

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