Ukrainian forces struck a Russian position north of Kudiivka following a Russian infiltration mission in northern Kharkiv Oblast.

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian position north of Kudiivka (north of Kharkiv City) after what ISW assessed was a Russian infiltration mission.

Russian forces struck a residential house in Chuhuiv with a drone.

The attack was carried out on the centre of Chuhuiv on the evening of 5 September.

In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Ukrainian units repelled 12 Russian attacks. The invaders attempted to advance toward Loshakove, Okhrimivka, Chuhunivka, Zarubynka, Izbytske, and Lyman, as well as near Starytsia.

Russian forces struck Chuhuiv in Kharkiv Oblast, killing three people, including a child, and injuring a woman.

A jet-powered drone hit a house in the city center, destroying the building as well as a warehouse and a garage.

Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the strike killed nearly an entire family: a 19-year-old woman, an 11-year-old boy, and a 45-year-old man.

Around 5:40 a.m. local time, an FPV drone targeted a civilian car on the Derhachi-Kozacha Lopan road near Bezruky, injuring a 53-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman. Both sustained concussions, with the woman hospitalized in severe condition with extensive shrapnel wounds.

A Russian drone struck the center of Chuhuiv on the evening of September 5, resulting in the destruction of a private house and damage to a multi-story building, garages, and three civilian cars.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported that the strike was carried out using a jet drone.

In the Southern Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian units nine times towards Kozacha Lopan, Prylypka, Lyman, Izbytske, Zakharivka, Kupyne, Mala Vovcha, Vodiane and Khatnie. Two assault operations are still ongoing.