UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Oct. 23 — In the evening of Oct. 22, a Russian FPV drone hit a tractor in Slobozhanske village of Kharkiv district, killing a driver, said the Kharkiv regional police.

The police reported that the man went on business in his own tractor and was hit by a drone. The 68-year-old man died on the spot.

Slobozhanske is a village in Lyptsi community north of Kharkiv that the Russian army occupied in March 2022, and Ukrainian troops liberated it during the counteroffensive in September 2022.

Now, the village is within the range of Russian FPV drones, which constantly threaten civilians.

On Oct. 21, a Russian FPV drone hit a civilian car in Lobanivka village in Derhachi community. There were two people inside. They have no injuries.

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