Mother and child killed in precise double-tap Russian attack on Sumy Oblast

A woman and a child were killed and four people were injured when Russian forces struck a house in the Buryn hromada in Sumy Oblast with two jet-powered UAVs on the morning of 14 August. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Source: Oleh Hryhorov, Head of Sumy Oblast Military Administration, on social media

Quote: "Widespread devastation and a fire have been reported. Sadly, a 29-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son have been killed.

Four other people have been injured. Two of them – the boy's father and grandmother – are in hospital with severe burns."

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