UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Mar. 17 — On Mar. 16, Russian forces launched a drone at Chuhuiv-Milove highway (H-26) near Borivske settlement in the Kupiansk district, killing a 63-year-old man, reported 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.

Earlier, Russian forces attacked H-26 near Spodobivka village in the Kupiansk district, injuring a woman.

Kanashevych said that Russians attacked the Prosianka village, injuring three people. They also hit an ambulance in the village, and the medics were not injured.

Russian forces launched a glide bomb on Hrushivka village and a Molnia-2 attack drone on Vasylenkove village. No casualties were reported.

Russians also damaged a house in Husynka village.

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