Russian Military Hit Three Settlements in Kharkiv Oblast With Airstrikes

KHARKIV OBLAST, Feb 19 — Over the past day, the Russian military hit Vilkhuvatka, Petropavlivka and Borova in the Kharkiv Oblast with airstrikes.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces informed about this in a morning report.

The Russian army fired mortars and artillery at more than 100 settlements in the Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.

In the Slobozhanskyi direction, in the border areas, the Russian military conducts intense sabotage activities to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to more dangerous directions and increases the density of minefields along the state border in the Belgorod Oblast.

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In the Kupiansk direction, Ukrainian troops repelled two Russian attacks near Tabaivka in the Kharkiv Oblast.

Over the past day, there were 80 combat engagements along the entire frontline. In total, the Russian military launched three missiles and 43 airstrikes and fired 102 multiple-launch rocket systems at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and populated areas.