Sumy bombings kill 21 people
Monday, 8 March 2022, 11:37
The prosecutor's office has launched a pre-trial investigation into Russian Federation's air strikes on Sumy, which killed 21 civilians, two of them children.
Source: Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office
Details: The bodies of 21 people, including 2 children, were found during a search of the site of the bombings, at 7 am (8 March). The number of victims is still being established.
Under the procedural guidance of the Sumy District Prosecutor's Office, criminal proceedings have been instituted for violating the laws of war.
According to the investigation, servicemen of the Russian occupying forces, in violation of the rules of warfare, carried out an air strike on the residential sector of the Romenska and Spartak streets in Sumy on 7 March at about 22.35.
As a result of bombing, the house №27 at Romenska street was destroyed. The buildings: 29, 29/1, 33 on Romenska and buildings №18,16,14,10,8,6,4,2,9,7,5,3,1 /1 on Spartacus street were also destroyed.
