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Russians attack Sumy: wreckage causes fire in children's wellness centre – photos, videos

Monday, 13 January 2025, 04:24
Russians attack Sumy: wreckage causes fire in children's wellness centre – photos, videos
Firefighter extinguishing fire. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The Russians launched a Shahed drone strike on the Sumy hromada on the evening of 12 January, causing fires in a residential area and a children’s wellness centre. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Source: Sumy Oblast State Emergency Service; Sumy Oblast Military Administration

Quote from military administration: "Wreckage from a Russian Shahed drone caused a fire on the grounds of a children’s wellness centre in the Sumy hromada on 12 January."

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Фото: ДСНС
Firefighter extinguishing fire
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Details: The State Emergency Service reported that firefighters had to extinguish fires at multiple locations simultaneously.

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"Everyone is safe and unharmed," acting Sumy Mayor Artem Kobzar stated.

Фото: ДСНС
Firefighter extinguishing fire
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote from State Emergency Service: "The seats of fire have been extinguished. The areas affected by the strikes have been inspected."

Background: 

  • On 12 January, Russian forces used a drone to attack a passenger bus traveling through the Myropillia hromada in the Sumy district. Two women, aged 42 and 30, were injured as a result of the attack.

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