UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Aug 7 — Russian troops hit four districts in Kharkiv Oblast with airstrikes, injuring three people in Kupiansk and Borova, reports Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the district. 

Russian troops encroach on Kharkiv Oblast from the north (Kharkiv axis), east (Kupiansk axis), and southeast (Borova district), trying to move further into the region. 

Authorities report Russian troops launch airstrikes on Izium, Chuhuiiv, Bohoduhiv, and Kupiansk district of Kharkiv Oblast, injuring men, 44 and 55, in Kupiansk and an 86-year-old woman in Borova of Izium district. 

Also, women, 75 and 86, asked for medical help after a Russian airstrike on Kupiansk on Aug 5. 

In Borova, Russian shelling damaged a residential building and a car. Airstrikes partially destroyed a resort in Hotimlia, Chuhuiv district, and damaged a house and electrical grid in Odnoborivka, Bohoduhiv district. 

Syniehubov reports Russia used eight glide bombs, three Geran-2 drones, one Lancet drone, and three first-person view (FPV) drones to attack the region over the past day. 

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