UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, May 28 — On May 27, the Russian military dropped three modified gliding bombs (UMPB D-30) on the Shevchenkivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts of Kharkiv, reported the Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov.

The bomb attack injured 13 people and killed one woman. The Russians also damaged the building of an art academy and shops.

Towns and villages of the Kharkiv Oblast, especially border settlements, came under massive Russian artillery shelling and airstrikes since Russia launched a new ground offensive north and northeast of the region in the Vovchansk and Lyptsi directions on May 10.

On the night of May 27, the Russian army shelled Borova, Izium district, damaging houses and two outbuildings and injuring one man.

Also, on the evening of May 27, a Russian drone attack injured two residents of Zemlianka village in the Chuhuiv district. In addition, the Russian shelling injured a woman in Martove, Chuhuiv district. The shelling also damaged four houses.

The Russian army also dropped guided bombs (KABs) on Lyptsi, destroying and damaging five apartment buildings. In Novoosynove village of the Kupiansk district, a house and an outbuilding near it caught fire due to a Russian missile strike.

Evacuation is currently underway in the region. According to Oleh Syniehubov, police, volunteers, and rescuers evacuated 11,199 people from the border communities of Kharkiv Oblast. 

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