Russians attack Kursk Oblast, seriously injuring 11-year-old boy

Russian troops launched an airstrike on the village of Kazachya Loknya in Russiaʼs Kursk Oblast, which is currently under the control of the Ukrainian army, on the evening of 9 February. Four people were injured in the attack, including an 11-year-old boy.

Source: Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi, press officer of the temporary military commandant's office on the territory of the Russian Federation, interviewed by Ukrainska Pravda in a hospital in Sumy

Quote from Dmytrashkivskyi: "Three women and one child received injuries of varying degrees of severity as a result of an enemy airstrike on Kazachya Loknya at around 20:30 on 9 February. The military commandant's office initially evacuated the injured to a stabilisation point, then to the city of Sumy. The women’s condition is satisfactory. The child is in a critical condition as of 00:30 on 10 February 2025."

Details: A source at the hospital said the child had received a "traumatic amputation of the right arm, a soft-tissue defect of the front leg, and a penetrating shrapnel wound to the head".

Quote from Dmytrashkivskyi: "The boy was operated on until four in the morning. He is in an extremely serious condition."

Background:

• Earlier, Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi said that on 1 February, Russian troops struck a nursing home in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Sudzha, Kursk Oblast, resulting in 95 people being trapped under the rubble.
• The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine later reported that during the rubble clearing operation, 84 civilians were rescued and provided with medical assistance. Their condition was satisfactory, but four were in a serious condition, and four other people had been killed.
• The Ukrainian Air Force released screenshots from the Virage Tablet system (automated software) showing the trajectory of a Russian guided aerial bomb on Sudzha, which evidenced that the attack was carried out by the Russians.

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