Russian drone hits car in Sumy, killing man and injuring his wife

A Russian drone struck a civilian car in Sumy, killing a 59-year-old man and injuring a 50-year-old woman.

Source: Sumy Oblast Military Administration

Details: The Sumy Oblast Military Administration clarified that the attack occurred late on the evening of 15 August. It said that a Russian drone deliberately targeted the civilian car, which caught fire after the strike.

The wife of the man who was killed was taken to hospital and is receiving the necessary medical care.

Overall, two people were killed and two others injured in Russian attacks across the oblast over the past 24 hours.

In the Velyka Pysarivka hromada, a 51-year-old man was killed in a Russian drone strike. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

In the Seredyna-Buda hromada, a 71-year-old woman was injured in a drone attack.

Houses and apartment blocks, an educational institution, vehicles and other civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged or destroyed across the oblast.

Russian forces repeatedly attacked Sumy with drones during the evening and overnight. According to the Sumy Oblast Military Administration, Ukrainian defenders destroyed some of the aerial targets.

The administration added that air-raid warnings in Sumy Oblast lasted for 20 hours and 29 minutes over the past 24 hours.

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