UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Mar. 16 — In the morning, a Russian drone attacked the Chuhuiv-Milove highway (H-26) near Spodobivka village in the Kupiansk district east of the Kharkiv oblast, said Andrii Kanashevych, the head of the Kupiansk district military administration. 

H-26 is one of the major strategic highways in the region, connecting Kharkiv with Chuhuiv, Kupiansk, and Russian-occupied Luhansk oblast.

Kanashevych said that the attack injured a 48-year-old woman. Medics hospitalized her.

The day before, Russians launched another drone on the Chuhuiv-Milove highway near Myrne village, damaging the infrastructure building. There were no casualties, said Kanashevych.

Russians also attacked Kupiansk Vuzlovyi settlement, killing a 73-year-old woman.

Russians launched a Molniya-2 attack drone and an FPV drone to attack the Shevchenkove settlement, damaging houses. No casualties were reported.

Another Russian FPV drone attacked a car in Prosianka village, injuring a 75-year-old driver and two passengers aged 70 and 84 years old.

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