UKRAINE, IZIUM, Aug. 13 — In the afternoon, Russian forces attacked Izium, a city in southern Kharkiv oblast, injuring four women, said Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the region.

According to Syniehubov, two women aged 68 and 66 years old got blast injuries, and the other two women aged 45 and 79 years old got an acute stress reaction.

The Izium Military Administration said that Russian forces launched two glide bombs at the city. The attack set a fire to a house and damaged 20 houses and a car nearby.

Also, another Russian glide bomb hit the Oskil village in the Izium district, damaging nine houses. No casualties were reported, said Hennadii Zahoruiko, head of the Oskil Village Military Administration.

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