Number of injured from Russian attack on Sumy rises to nine, man killed by drone-dropped munition in oblast – photos
The number of people injured in a Russian attack on the city of Sumy on the evening of 18 September has risen to nine. In addition, one person has been killed and another injured in the Bilopillia hromada A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories. after a munition was dropped from a drone.
Source: National Police of Ukraine
Quote: "The Russians attacked 26 settlements in the oblast with missiles, guided aerial bombs, artillery, mortars and attack UAVs over the past day."
Details: A guided bomb strike on a high-rise residential building in the Sumy hromada killed a 51-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman. The number of people injured has risen to nine, including a seven-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl.
A total of eight high-rise residential buildings, two educational institutions and more than 20 cars were damaged.
A 24-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy who were injured in a Russian attack on the Sumy hromada on 16 September also sought medical treatment.
Russian UAVs injured two women and damaged residential buildings, shops and infrastructure in the Konotop hromada.
A 33-year-old man was killed and another man injured after a munition was dropped from a drone on the Bilopillia hromada.
Background:
- On 18 September, Russian forces struck Sumy with guided aerial bombs, hitting a high-rise residential building, killing two people and injuring nine others, including two children.
- One person was killed in Russian airstrikes on Sumy on 16 September, while nine people, including children, were reported injured.
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