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

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."

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

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

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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