UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Mar. 24 — Russian forces attacked Derhachi, a city 3,4 kilometers (~2 miles) northwest of Kharkiv with a drone, injuring an 82-year-old woman and damaging four houses, said Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of the Kharkiv oblast.

Viacheslav Zadorenko, the head of Derhachi military administration, said that the woman was injured by glass blown out by the explosion.

Zadorenko noted that Russians used a Geran-2 drone to attack Derhachi.

He also said that Russians use Shahed and Molniya drones, glide bombs, multiple rocket launchers, and mortars to attack the city and nearest settlements. They also use optical fiber FPV drones, whose range already extends to about 20 kilometers (~12 miles).

Over the past day, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and 14 settlements in the region with seven glide bombs and 26 drones of different types.

In Slatyne settlement north of the Kharkiv oblast, a Russian drone hit a suburban train, killing a man and injuring the train driver and his assistant.

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