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A Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast injured a 70-year-old man, the National Police in Kharkiv Oblast reported on April 3.
The attack hit the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, a small settlement in the region's Kupiansk district that was liberated during Ukraine's 2022 counteroffensive.
According to the police report, Russian forces attacked the village at 11:00 a.m. local time. The man was reportedly hospitalized.
Settlements in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast are subjected to near-daily attacks by Russian forces due to their proximity to the border with Russia.
Russian forces attacked the village of Novoosynove in Kharkiv Oblast the day prior, killing a man and injuring an 11-year-old boy.
Russia intensifies attacks on Kharkiv, draining Ukraine’s air defense and civilian morale
This was the first time since 2022 that Russian troops used a glide air bomb, reportedly a new-type UMPB D-30 munition, to kill residents of Ukraine’s second-largest city.
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