Overnight missile strike on Sumy Oblast: casualties
IRYNA BALACHUK – THURSDAY, 2 JUNE 2022, 09:12
On the night of 1–2 June, Russian aircraft conducted three missile strikes on Krasnopillia hromada [amalgamated territorial community] in Sumy Oblast, wounding at least three civilians and destroying residential buildings.
Source: Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, Head of Sumy Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on Facebook
Quote from Zhyvytskyi: "Around midnight, during an air-raid alert, a Russian plane conducted three missile strikes on Sumy Oblast (Krasnopillia hromada).
One house was razed to the ground; it was directly hit by one of the missiles. Several other houses were damaged, farms sustained a lot of damage too. According to preliminary information, at least three people have been wounded."
Details: According to the Head of the Military Administration, all of the casualties are civilian residents of Krasnopillia. All of them have been taken to hospital.
Rescuers are working at the site of the incident.
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine clarified that the missiles were launched from the territory of the Russian Federation.
