UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Sep. 15 — Over the past day, Russian troops launched 19 attacks on Ukrainian positions, the General Staff says. At the same time, Oleh Syniehubov, the region’s governor, reported that Russia hit 7 settlements in Kharkiv Oblast with airstrikes.

According to the General Staff, Russian forces engaged in ten combat clashes near Vovchansk and in the Odarne area, a village 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the Russian border. 

On the Kupiansk axis, Russian forces launched nine assaults. Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled attacks near the settlements of Nova Kruhliakivka, Radkivka, Kindrashivka, Kupiansk, and Stepova Novoselivka.

Russian strikes injured a civilian woman in the village of Novomykolaivka over the past 24 hours, said Kharkiv regional police.

In Kupiansk, a Russian strike injured a 67-year-old man. A 49-year-old man also went to the hospital after getting injured by a “Petal” mine explosion on Sep. 11, also in Kupiansk.

Russian attacks damaged multiple civilian sites across the Kupiansk district. 

Russian troops attacked three private homes and a car in Novomykolaivka. Three warehouse buildings in Starovirivka sustained damage, while a shell struck a private house in Khatnie. 

Russian airstrikes damaged an industrial facility and a storage site in the settlements of Prykolotne and Velykyi Burluk.

In the Izium district, Russian attacks destroyed three private homes in Borova and another in the village of Pidlyman. In the Lozova district, Russian forces targeted railway infrastructure in the village of Enerhetyki.

Throughout the day, Russian troops used two guided aerial bombs, 15 “Geran-2” (Shahed-type) drones, three “Molniya” drones, one FPV drone, and one unidentified drone in their attacks across the Kharkiv region.

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