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A Russian strike against the settlement of Kozacha Lopan in Kharkiv Oblast killed one resident, the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration reported on July 20.
"Around 9 a.m., the village of Kozacha Lopan of the Derhachi community was attacked. As a result of the massive strike, a 61-year-old man died," the administration wrote on Telegram.
"Several buildings and infrastructure facilities were damaged in the central part of the village."
Kharkiv Oblast lies at the Russian border and suffers regular strikes. Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported that during the day on July 19, a 40-year-old man was killed in an attack against the town of Vovchansk in the Chuhuiv district.
Russian attacks kill at least 5, injure 38 over past day
Russian forces attacked 10 oblasts over the past day, killing at least five people and injuring at least 38, local officials reported on July 20. The oblasts of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Luhansk came under attack.


Martin Fornusek
News Editor
Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.
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