Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with drones on the night of August 1, causing explosions in the Shevchenkivsky district.
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Russian occupiers attack the city of Kharkiv with drones on the night of 1 August; explosions are heard in the city. Source: Mayor of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov, on Telegram; Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov, on Telegram
Russian forces shelled a village in Kharkiv Oblast on Aug. 1, killing an elderly woman and injuring a man
Russian drones pummeled a neighborhood in northeastern Ukraine after their return from war-imposed exile
Russian forces launched six to seven Shahed UAVs from Belgorod targeting Kharkiv.
UAVs hit a vocational school in Saltivka district and a sports facility in Shevchenko district.
About half of the three-story vocational school building was destroyed and two floors of the central sports facility collapsed.
A bodyguard at the sports facility was injured and hospitalized.
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