UKRAINE, BOHODUKHIV, May 18 — In the morning, Russian forces launched a drone at the central part of Bohodukhiv, a city northwest of the Kharkiv oblast, said the governor of the region, Oleh Syniehubov.

Syniehubov said that the drone hit a civilian car and injured two people.

Over the past day, Russian forces attacked eight settlements in the region with two glide bombs and 68 drones of different types, said the governor.

The Kharkiv regional police said that Russians attacked Liutivka, Zolochiv, and Semyrenkivske settlements in the Bohodukhiv district, damaging houses, a farm and its equipment, and a bus.

In the Kupiansk district, a Russian FPV drone injured a civilian.

In the Kharkiv district, Russians attacked Nova Kozachka and Kozacha Lopan villages, destroying houses.

In the Chuhuiv district, a Russian drone hit an abandoned children’s camp in Vodiane village.

Also, a Russian FPV drone hit the motorcycle on which a civilian man was riding. The injured man was hospitalized.

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