UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Oct. 20 — Over the past day, Russian forces attacked 12 settlements in the Kharkiv oblast, killing six and injuring 21 people, Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of the region, said.

Russians used four missiles and 96 drones of different types to attack the Kharkiv region, the governor added.

In the Kharkiv district, a Russian drone attacked a Central Park in the Nova Vodolaha settlement, killing six people, including two children, and injuring at least 15 people. The Kharkiv regional police said that the attack damaged a cafe, a shop, an art school, and cars.

In the Izium district, Russian forces attacked houses, outbuildings, an administrative building in Oskil village and Izium itself. The attacks injured five people.

Russian attack on Izium in Kharkiv oblast on Oct. 19 / Photo: Vladlen Nol for Gwara Media

In the Chuhuiv district, Russians attacked a closed enterprise in Chuhuiv, injuring a woman and damaging houses and railway infrastructure.

Across the Kharkiv oblast, Russian attacks damaged houses, a railway station, cars, power grids, a school, a civilian business, and trucks in the Kharkiv, Berestyn, Bohodukhiv, and Lozova districts.

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