UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Mar. 30 — On Mar. 29, Russian forces attacked the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv with a kamikaze drone, injuring two men aged 53 and 93 years old, reported the Kharkiv regional police.

“Nothing seems to have been damaged except for the windows and doors. The neighbors’ house is more damaged,” said Irina, the owner of one of the damaged houses, to a Gwara Media journalist.

A Russian drone hit the outbuilding in the yard, causing a fire and damaging four houses and a car. According to the Kharkiv City Council, over 30 windows were blown out because of the attack.

Damaged house in Kharkiv
Damaged house after Russian attack on Kharkiv on Mar. 29 / Photo: Gwara Media, Miia Kliushnykova
A local is cleaning up the aftermath of the Russian attack
A local is cleaning up the aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on Mar. 29 / Photo: Gwara Media, Miia Kliushnykova

Over the past day, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and 19 settlements in the region using one glide bomb and 19 drones of different types, reported Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of the region.

A Russian FPV drone hit a house in Zemlianka village in the Chuhuiv district, killing its  owner. In the Staryi Saltiv settlement, an unknown object exploded and injured a 52-year-old man.

In the Bilyi Kolodiaz settlement, the Russians conducted the attack with ​​cluster munitions, injuring two men aged 72 and 60 years old. 

A Russian attack injured a 54-year-old woman in Derhachi in the Kharkiv district and damaged a house. Also, in Bezruky village, Russians attacked a house, causing a fire and injuring a 50-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man.

Russians attacked an educational institution in Liutivka village in the Zolochiv community. The Russian attack on Liutivka also damaged apartment buildings. In Zolochiv, Russians damaged a house.

Russian forces also attacked a house and a car in the Izium district, houses in the Kupiansk district, and a storage and power network in the Lozova district.

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