Russians launch missiles from helicopter and drop mines on Sumy Oblast

- 6 May 2023, 01:28
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Over the course of the past 24 hours, the Russians attacked border areas of Sumy Oblast nine times, launching missiles from a helicopter and dropping mines. 

Source: Sumy Oblast Military Administration 

Details: The Sumy Oblast Military Administration states that 33 explosions have been recorded in total. 

The settlements in the Znob-Novhorodske, Esman, Shalyhyne, Nova Sloboda, Yunakivka, and Velyka Pysarivka hromadas came under Russian fire.  [hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.] 

Occupiers launched missiles from a helicopter over the Znob-Novhorodske hromada from the territory of the Russian Federation. Private residential buildings have been damaged as a result of the air strike. 

The Russians deployed mortars to shell the Yunakivka hromada; there were 13 explosions.

Invaders dropped three mines on the territory of the Nova Sloboda hromada.

The Russians attacked the Esman hromada using mortars; there were five explosions. 

Mortars were used to attack the Velyka Pysarivka hromada as well; there were four explosions. 

Three mortar explosions were observed in the Shalyhyne hromada.

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