Russians attack Sumy district: people injured, including child

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — 17 January, 23:12
Russians attack Sumy district: people injured, including child
The aftermath of Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast on 17 January. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Two people have been injured as a result of a Russian UAV strike on the city of Sumy on Saturday. A man has been injured, as well as two other people, including a child, in the Sumy hromada. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Source: Serhii Kryvosheienko, Head of Sumy City Military Administration; Oleh Hryhorov, Head of Sumy Oblast Military Administration

Details: As a result of the drone strike in the Zarichnyi district of Sumy, two people were injured, including a 77-year-old woman. She was taken to hospital.

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The strike damaged 25 windows in three nearby apartment buildings and one house.

In the Sumy hromada, a hit was recorded near a shop. A 23-year-old civilian man was injured and taken to hospital.

Update: Late in the evening, Hryhorov reported that two people had been injured in the strikes with guided aerial bombs on the Sumy hromada, including a child.

Houses and cars were damaged.

As a result of the attacks, some residents were temporarily left without electricity.

Later, Kryvosheienko reported that four people had been injured as a result of guided aerial bomb strikes on the outskirts of Sumy. A seven-year-old boy and a 76-year-old woman were taken to hospital. Two women aged 66 and 77 received medical assistance and refused hospitalisation.

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