UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Oct. 2 — A Russian drone hit a motorcycle in Pisky-Radkivsky village in the Izium district in the east of Kharkiv oblast. The attack killed a young man and injured a 52-year-old man, the Kharkiv regional police said.

Over the past day, Russian forces also attacked Kharkiv and 13 settlements across the Kharkiv region with artillery, two glide bombs, and 128 drones of different types, Oleh Syniehubov, the governor, said.

In Kharkiv, Russian forces launched three attacks on the Kyivskyi district with first-person view (FPV) drones. One of the drones hit near the shop. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported no casualties from the impact sites.

Russian fiber-optic FPV drone
Russian fiber-optic FPV drone after attack on a shop in the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv on Oct. 1 / Photo: Kharkiv regional Prosecutors Office

In the Kharkiv district, a Russian attack injured a 15-year-old boy and a 45-year-old man near Solonytsivka settlement. Russian troops also damaged houses in the Bezruky village.

In the Bohodukhiv district, Russian shelling hit a hospital and houses in Zolochiv settlement, injuring a 59-year-old man. 

Viktor Kovalenko, the head of Zolochiv military administration, told Gwara Media that a Russian FPV drone hit a civilian car on the road near Myronivka village, killing a 66-year-old man.

Another Russian FPV hit a tractor in the Zolochiv community, killing a 50-year-old man. Also, Russian troops attacked a gas service vehicle in Zolochiv. No gas service employees were injured, Kovalenko said.

In the Izium district, Russian forces attacked Izium itself, injuring a 63-year-old man and damaging houses.

In addition, across the Kharkiv oblast, Russian attacks damaged a car in the Chuhuiv district, houses in the Kupiansk district, and an agricultural company in the Berestyn district.

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