UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Apr 9 — Over the past day, the Russian army shelled about 20 settlements in the Kharkiv Oblast with artillery and mortars. They also hit the settlements of Petropavlivka, Nesterne, Lyptsi, Ternova, and Malyi Burluk with airstrikes, reported the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov.

In Vovchansk, the Russians shelled a private house, injuring a 64-year-old man. The attack damaged a private household, and doctors diagnosed its owner with an acute stress reaction, said Volodymyr Tymoshko, head of Kharkiv Regional Police.

In addition, the Russian military damaged a house and a car in Kucherivka village, Kupiansk district. In Slobozhanske, Kharkiv district, they shelled a warehouse with KABs [a 500-kilogram general-purpose aerial bomb with a high-explosive warhead developed in the Soviet Union — ed.]

Also, the Russian army attacked Chuhuiv with Kh-59 missiles, damaging two houses. They also shelled the village of Rubizhne, Chuhuiv district. In addition, the Russian Kh-35 missile hit an open area in Borova, Izium district.

As reported by the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv Oblast, a truck with a trailer exploded on a mine near the village of Ivanivka in the Chkalovske community. Fortunately, the driver was not injured, but the equipment was heavily damaged.

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