UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Aug 23 — Russians attacked Bohodukhiv in the Kharkiv region with Tornado multiple rocket launchers, killing one man, injuring eight people, including a child, reported the Kharkiv police chief Volodymyr Tymoshko.

Towns and villages of the Kharkiv Oblast come under massive Russian artillery shelling and air strikes often, even more so since Russia launched a new ground offensive north and northeast of the region in the Vovchansk and Lyptsi directions in May.

The shelling also damaged six houses, three cars, two apartment buildings, and a civilian enterprise. 

Also, according to Tymoshko, the Russians shelled Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi from Uragan multiple rocket launcher systems, injuring a civilian. The attack also damaged households.

Russians shelled Kolisnykivka, injuring a man. They dropped a glide bomb (KAB) on the village of Bohuslavka, also injuring a local. 

The governor said that in six months, Russian attacks in the Kharkiv region have killed 293 people, including 15 children. During this time, the Russian army attacked the region 2,700 times with various types of weapons.

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