UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Jun. 1 — In the night, Russian forces attacked the Osnovianskyi, Slobidskyi, Kyivskyi, and Kholodnohirskyi districts of Kharkiv with Shahed and Molniya drones. Local government recorded 11 attacks on the city, reported Mariam Satuieva, the press secretary of Kharkiv’s mayor, to journalists.

A Russian drone attack on Kharkiv injured four women and damaged apartment buildings, houses, cars, and garages, said the Kharkiv regional police.

Over the past day, Russian attacks on settlements in the Kharkiv oblast injured five people. Russians used a missile, multiple rocket launchers, a glide bomb, and 51 drones for their attacks, said Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the region.

In the Izium district, Russian forces attacked Oskil village with multiple rocket launchers, killing a man. They also attacked Sulyhivka village, injuring a man, and launched a missile at Afrykanivka village, damaging a house and an apartment building.

Russian attacks on Bohodukhiv injured a woman and damaged houses, an outbuilding, and a car.

Syniehubov also said about the injured woman in Dehtiari village and the two injured women in Postolne village in the Bohodukhiv district.

In the Kupiansk district, a Russian drone attacked Shevchenkove village, causing a fire.

In the Chuhuiv district, Russian attacks damaged a car in Pishchane village, a truck in Moldova village, and houses in Bilyi Kolodiaz village.

In the Kharkiv district, Russians attacked Mala Danylivka and Kotliari villages, damaging houses, outbuildings, and power networks.

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