UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Oct. 13 — Over the past day, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and the region, killing four and injuring 51 people, Oleh Syniehubov, the governor, reported.

According to Syniehubov, Russians attacked Kharkiv and the region with nine missiles, one glide bomb, and 37 drones of different types.

Russian attacks caused the most damage in the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv, destroying a section of an apartment building. The attack killed four and injured 10 people.

Rescue workers are clearing the rubble after Russian attack on Kharkiv on Oct. 12 / Photo: Gwara Media, Daria Levchenko

In the Shevchenkivskyi district, a Russian Banderol missile hit a five-story apartment building, injuring nine people. Nakypilo, a local media, said that the attacked building is an architectural landmark of local significance, built in 1948. In 2020, it was added to the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine.

In the Kyivskyi district, Russian drones attacked a residential area, injuring 22 people.

In the morning, the Russians continued their attacks on Kharkiv, hitting transport infrastructure in the Osnovianskyi district and a site near an ongoing rescue operation in the Kholodnohirskyi district.

Later, a Russian drone hit a shop in the Shevchenkivskyi district, injuring at least two people.

Over the past day, Russian forces also attacked Lozova, a city in southern Kharkiv oblast, killing a woman and injuring eight people, including a child. They also attacked a shop in Peremoha village in the district, injuring a woman, the Kharkiv regional police said.

In the Kharkiv district, Russians attacked Vysokyi settlement, injuring two people.

In the Chuhuiv district, a Russian attack on Chervona Poliana village injured three people and damaged houses.

Across the Kharkiv oblast, Russian attacks damaged a house in the Kupiansk district; a storage building and farm equipment in the Chuhuiv district; houses and railway infrastructure in the Kharkiv district; and houses, a shop, and cars in the Izium district.

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