Attacks on Sumy region: Russian troops destroy wheat field and damage residential buildings
Olha Hlushchenko — Friday, 12 August 2022, 01:28
Russian troops fired 10 times on border hromadas [amalgamated territorial communities] in Sumy Oblast on 11 August.
Source: Head of Sumy Oblast Military Administration, Dmytro Zhyvytskyi on Telegram
Details: Russian troops specifically attacked the hromadas of Bilopillia, Nova Sloboda, Esman, Putyvl, Shalyhyne and Velyka Pysarivka.
A total of 137 strikes was documented on Thursday, 11 August.
The Russian forces pounded Sumy Oblast using mortars and artillery.
"Fortunately, no casualties have been reported. However, [some of our] crops have been destroyed and lost," Zhyvytskyi said.
In particular, a fire broke out following Russian artillery shelling in Nova Sloboda hromada at 12:00. The fire destroyed a wheat field belonging to a private business.
Two residential buildings were also damaged by shelling in the town of Bilopillia at noon.
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