UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Jan. 5 — On Jan. 4, rescuers found body parts of another victim of the Russian missile attack on the central Kharkiv on Jan. 2, said Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of the region.

As of Jan. 5, the governor reported about six people killed. Experts identified two people from their bodies, among them a 3-year-old boy. Four more victims were identified based on DNA test results.

 The exact number of dead is still being determined and that the search operation is continuing, told the press office of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration to journalists. They also said that seven injured people are still in the hospital.

Over the past day, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and seven settlements of the region with two missiles and 16 drones of different types, said Syniehubov.

On Jan. 4, Russian forces attacked the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv with a drone. The Kharkiv regional police said that there were no casualties.

Russian attacks injured a 67-year-old woman in the Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, a village south of Kupiansk.

Russian forces also attacked Zlatopil in the Lozova district with a drone, hitting an open area. They also attacked the Zolochiv settlement with two drones.

Russian missiles also hit an open area in the Korotych settlement, 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from Kharkiv.

In the Kupiansk district, Russians attacked Malyi Burluk village with an FPV drone and Velykyi Burluk village with a drone, damaging a building of a local house of culture.

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