UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Jul. 2 — In the morning, Russian forces attacked Shevchenkove settlement in the Kupiansk district with a glide bomb, hitting a house. The attack killed a 76-year-old man and injured three men and two women, said Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the Kharkiv oblast.

Over the past day, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and 28 settlements in the region with artillery fire, 15 glide bombs, and 42 drones of different types, said Syniehubov.

In the Bohodukhiv district, Russian attacks killed a 65-year-old man in Ivashky village, injured two 48-year-old women in Tsapivka village, damaged an apartment building in Odnorobivka village, and damaged an ambulance, cars, houses, apartment buildings, and a cafe in Bohodukhiv itself, reported the Kharkiv regional police.

In the Krasnokutsk community of the Bohodukhiv district, a Russian drone hit a car, injuring a 23-year-old man.

In the evening of Jul. 1, Russian forces attacked a farm in Dovzhyk village of the Bohodukhiv district with a drone. The attack killed 10 and injured 10 cows, reported the Kharkiv regional Prosecutor’s Office.

Russian forces launched seven glide bombs on the Kyivskyi, Osnovianskyi, and Novobovarskyi districts of Kharkiv, killing a 15-year-old boy. As of morning Jul. 2, police reported about 36 people, including five children, who were injured in the Russian attack. 

In the night, a Russian drone hit a house in the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv. There were no casualties.

In the Kharkiv oblast, Russians destroyed houses and a civilian car in Kozacha Lopan settlement, a gas station in Dvorichnyi Kut village, and an apartment building in Cherkaska Lozova village. Another Russian attack on the district injured a 13-year-old boy in Vilshany settlement.

In the Izium district, a Russian drone hit a civilian car in Vyshche Solone village, injuring two people. Russians also damaged power networks in the district.

In the Berestyn district, Russian forces attacked Mykolaivka village, injuring a woman.

In the Chuhuiv district, Russians attacked a civilian business and outbuildings in the Staryi Saltiv community.

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