On March 29, Russian forces shelled Kharkiv, Chuhuiv, Kupiansk, and Izium districts, killing two people and injuring 25 others.
This was reported on Facebook by Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration (RMA), according to Ukrinform.
According to Syniehubov, at midnight, Russian shelling hit Chuhuiv, setting fire to a hangar.
In the village of Tsyrkuny (Tsyrkuny community), a house and a car were partially damaged.
The town of Chuhuiv was also shelled late the previous evening with strikes hitting the roofs of garage buildings at an auto repair shop. 11 cars were damaged, Additionally, a hangar caught fire, covering 1,000 sq.m
Russian forces also carried out a massive shelling of Kharkiv, targeting residential neighborhoods and private properties seven times. As a result of one of the strikes, four garages and two cars caught fire, covering an area of 40 sq.m, four garages were destroyed, nine cars were damaged. One woman suffered an acute stress reaction.
Earlier, a private house was hit and caught fire. Rescuers extracted a man from the rubble and recovered the body of a 73-year-old woman. A total of 24 residential buildings were damaged, 10 people were injured, including a 15-year-old girl, one person was killed.
Also, Russian forces struck Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv three times, damaging doors and windows of non-residential commercial premises, residential apartments, windows and doors of a covered market. Six people were injured.
A 58-year-old man was killed in another strike, and three people were injured.
A road hit caused two cars to catch fire on 30 sq.m, damaging the facade of a building. Three people were injured, including a 17-year-old boy. Windows and doors of nearby buildings were damaged.
Russian forces shelled Kupiansk twice, setting fire to two private houses (no casualties).
In the village of Slatyne (Derhachi community), a FAB bomb strike ignited grass over 0.1 hectares, injuring a 12-year-old child who suffered an acute stress reaction. A private house was also damaged.
At 9:48 on March 29, shelling of Borova (Borova community) ignited a hay barn over 100 sq.m. A 75-year-old man was injured, a house was destroyed, an outbuilding was damaged, windows, doors, and the roof of another house were partially destroyed
In the village of Solonytsivka (Solonytsivka community), fragments of a Shahed drone were found, damaging a fence and the roof of a private house.
As previously reported, the Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration outlined the main challenge in defending the region.
Source: Two killed, 25 injured in Russian shelling of Kharkiv region over past day
