UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Apr. 10 — On Apr. 9, Russian forces attacked 19 settlements of the Kharkiv region, killing one person, injuring five others, reported Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the region. 

Over the past day, Russia launched on the Kharkiv oblast one MLRS rocket, four glide bombs, and 25 kamikaze drones of different types, Syniehubov added. 

Russia killed a man in the village of Ruska Lozova in the Kharkiv district. Authorities reported conflicting information about his age, identifying him as either aged 40 or 66.

In the settlement of Zolochiv in the Bohodukhiv district, Russia injured five civilians: two women aged 67 and 72, a 14-year-old girl, and two boys aged 13 and 16. The attack damaged 32 houses and one apartment building.

Russia also hit a car and an apartment building in the villages of Sinne and Ivashki of the Bohodukhiv district.

Russia launched a kamikaze drone on Kharkiv city’s Shevchenkivskyi district. Additional damage inflicted by Russian airstrikes across the Kharkiv district included houses, vehicles, and power lines in the villages of Tsyrkuny, Ruska Lozova, Slatyne, and Mokra Rokytna.

A  farm and four houses were damaged in the village of Velykyi Burluk in the Kupiansk district., Russia also hit houses in the villages of Spodobivka and Borivske in the same district.

In the Izium district, Russia damaged a farm building and power lines in Buhaivka and Havrylivka.

In the Lozova district, Russian strikes hit an agricultural facility, three tractors, and two vehicles in Artilne, as well as another farm in Kartamysh.

In the Chuhuiv district, Russians attacked an ambulance in Novooleksandrivka, while in Chuhuiv itself they damaged six houses, a garage, and a truck.

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