UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Mar. 17 — Over the past day, Russians attacked the Shevchenkivskyi, Nemyshlianskyi, and Saltivskyi districts of Kharkiv, injuring four people, said Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of the region.

Russian air attacks on Kharkiv damaged a road, apartment buildings, and a civilian business building, injuring its three workers aged 52, 54, and 61 years old. Another 34-year-old suffered an acute stress reaction, reported the Kharkiv regional police.

Over the past day, Russians also attacked 16 settlements in the Kharkiv oblast with one missile, four glide bombs, and 39 drones of different types, said Syniehubov.

A Russian drone hit a house in Martove village of the Chuhuiv district, injuring a 75-year-old woman. They also damaged railway infrastructure, power networks, and houses in the district.

In the Kupiansk district, Russian attacks injured two women aged 84 and 70 years old, a 74-year-old man in Prosianka village, and a 48-year-old woman in Myrne village. A Russian FPV drone also hit an ambulance in the district.

In the Izium district, Russians damaged houses and hit a car on the road in Horohovatka village, injuring a 65-year-old driver.

A Russian attack on the Kharkiv district damaged a storage building in Merefa.

In the Bohodukhiv district, Russian forces damaged houses, an apartment building, and power networks in the Zolochiv community.

Russian attacks also damaged power networks in the Lozova district.

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