UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Nov. 5 — Over the past day, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and 17 settlements in the region, injuring six people, including a child, Oleh Syniehubov, governor of Kharkiv oblast, said.

The governor said that Russian troops used 85 drones of different types to attack the region in this period.

In Kharkiv, Russian drones damaged apartment buildings, houses, educational and medical institutions, and cars. One of the attacks injured a woman, the Kharkiv regional police said.

In the Chuhuiv district, a Russian drone hit a civilian car in Shestakove, injuring a driver. Another drone attacked a police car and a civilian car in Staryi Saltiv.

In the Kharkiv district, Russian attacks damaged a house and injured a man, a woman, and a child. Russians also damaged railway infrastructure near Nova Vodolaha and a postal service building near Pisochyn.

In the Lozova district, Russian drone attacks injured a man in Lozova and damaged a house and storage buildings in Lozova, Lozivske, and Novoukrainka settlements.

Across the Kharkiv oblast, Russian attacks also damaged power grids in the Bohodukhiv district and houses in Kupiansk and Izium districts.

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