Russian FPV Drone Kills Last Remaining Resident of Border Village in Kharkiv Region

A Russian FPV drone attack has killed the last remaining resident of Tokarivka Druha, a border village in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, local authorities reported on July 9.

According to Viacheslav Zadorenko, head of the Derhachi City Military Administration, the victim was a 57-year-old woman who worked at the Derhachi Central Hospital and was the sole remaining inhabitant of Tokarivka Druha.

The village lies within the 10-kilometer border zone on the left bank of the Tatarka River, opposite the railway station in Tsupivka.

Zadorenko said the attack occurred shortly after 6:00 p.m. on July 8, when a Russian FPV drone struck the woman as she was walking along the road between the villages of Prudianka and Tsupivka.

She sustained multiple shrapnel wounds and was taken to a hospital in Derhachi.

“Doctors did everything possible to save her life, but unfortunately she died from her injuries. My sincere condolences to the family, loved ones, and colleagues of the deceased,” Zadorenko said.

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