UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Jun. 16 — In the morning, Russian forces attacked the Kholodnohirskyi and Kyivskyi districts of Kharkiv with kamikaze drones, injuring four people, reported the Kharkiv regional State Emergency Service.

According to the Emergency Service, in the Kholodnohirskyi district, one Russian drone hit the territory of a civilian business.

Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the Kharkiv oblast, said that medics hospitalized a 68-year-old man after the attack on the Kholodnohirskyi district. Later, he added that the attack also injured a 45-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman.

In the Kyivskyi district, another Russian drone hit the territory of a church and the yard of an apartment building. The attack damaged a car, said the Emergency Services. According to Syniehubov, there were no casualties.

Over the past day, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and 11 settlements in the region with two missiles, four glide bombs, and 40 drones of different types.

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