KHARKIV OBLAST, UKRAINE, May 3 —  On May 2, the Russian attacks on Kharkiv Oblast killed one person and injured ten others, including eight children, reported the Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov.

Russians attack Kharkiv region, which borders Russia, daily. Russian troops strike the towns and villages of the region with S-300 missiles, Iranian-made Shahed drones, or glide bombs.

In total, about 15 towns and villages in the Kharkiv Oblast came under Russian artillery and mortar fire over the past day.

According to Syniehubov, at 7:00 p.m., the Russian attack on Novoosynove, Kupiansk district, killed a 66-year-old man in his yard. At 4:02 p.m., Russian forces dropped two aerial bombs on Derhachi, Kharkiv district. One shell hit the ground, and the other hit a sports complex where children were playing. Eight children and a 75-year-old man were injured.

According to the Governor, the Russian army shelling also injured a 66-year-old man in Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi.

Over the past day, the Russian army also shelled Lyptsi in the Kharkiv district, damaging five houses there. The Russians also damaged a farm in Ostroverkhivka, Zmiiv community. Two farm buildings, a hangar, and three outbuildings caught fire. In Kucherivka, Kupiansk district, a car with a trailer was damaged by the Russian shelling.

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  • Around 10:20 a.m. on May 1, the Russian army hit the Kyivskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of Kharkiv with airstrikes. There were no casualties.