UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Apr. 13 — In the morning, Russian forces attacked Derhachi, a city 3,4 kilometers (~2 miles) northwest of Kharkiv, with drones, injuring at least five people, reported Viacheslav Zadorenko, the head of Derhachi military administration.

Zadorenko said that two of the injured civilians are in critical condition.

Later, the Kharkiv regional Prosecutor’s Office said that Russians used three V2U drones equipped with artificial intelligence for autonomous search and target engagement to attack Derhachi. They damaged civilian business territory and hit trucks.

Also, in the morning, Russian forces attacked Riasne village in the Zolochiv community with a glide bomb, injuring two women aged 51 and 72 years old. The attack damaged four houses, outbuildings, and power networks, said Viktor Kovalenko, the head of Zolochiv village military administration, to Gwara Media.

Kovalenko said about another Russian Molniya drone attack on the Fartushne village in the community. The attack damaged an outbuilding and an ambulance, which evacuated the injured woman from Riasne village. No casualties were reported.

Later, Russians conducted another drone attack on Pysarivka village, injuring a 32-year-old man and damaging a farm building.

Over the past day, Russian forces attacked five settlements in the Kharkiv region with 20 drones of different types, said the governor Oleh Syniehubov.

Russian attacks injured a 32-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman in the Zolochiv settlement, a 70-year-old man in Liutivka village, and a 57-year-old man in Bohodukhiv, reported the Kharkiv regional police.

They also damaged outbuildings, a garage, and a house in the Kupiansk district and houses, outbuildings, and power networks in the Bohodukhiv district.

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