UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Aug 15 — During the day, seven settlements in the Kharkiv region came under Russian fire, including Bilyi Kolodiaz, Kruhliakivka, Kupiansk, Vidrodzhenivske, Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, Osynovo, and Kozacha Lopan, reported Oleh Syniehubov, governor of Kharkiv Oblast.

Towns and villages of the Kharkiv Oblast come under massive Russian artillery shelling and air strikes often, even more so since Russia launched a new ground offensive north and northeast of the region in the Vovchansk and Lyptsi directions in May.

In the village of Bilyi Kolodiaz, the Russian FPV drone attack on a vehicle killed a Hospitallers battalion medic and a man. The drone strike also injured three civilians who were in another car.

In Kupiansk, the Russian drone also hit a civilian car, injuring a 64-year-old man.

On the morning of August 14, the Russian shelling damaged houses in the village of Bilyi Kolodiaz. In the village of Kruhliakivka, Kupiansk district, two outbuildings caught fire.

Also, in Bohodukhiv district, the Russians shelled Vidrodzhenivske village, damaging a house and two outbuildings.

At night on the same day, Russians struck Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, causing a car and a nine-story residential building to catch fire. 

On the morning of August 15, the Russians destroyed a logistics infrastructure facility in the village of Osynove. In the village of Kozacha Lopan, a house caught fire due to the Russian shelling.

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