Russian strike on Sumy on 3 June: death toll rises to five
Source: Artem Kobzar, acting Mayor of Sumy and Secretary of Sumy City Council
Quote: "With deep sorrow, I report that following the Russian strike on the Sumy hromada on 3 June, the death toll has risen – an 86-year-old woman who sustained severe injuries has died in hospital. Thus, this attack has claimed the lives of five of our fellow citizens." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Background:
On 3 June, Russian forces struck central Sumy using a long-range multiple launch rocket system (MLRS).
Initially, three people were reported killed and 25 injured, including three children and three adults in a serious condition.
Later, a 43-year-old man who had been in a serious condition following the attack also died in hospital, becoming the fourth fatality of the Russian strike.
Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Boston Globe
28 minutes ago
- Boston Globe
Trump orders US nuclear subs repositioned over statements from ex-Russian leader Medvedev
The president added, 'Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances.' It wasn't immediately clear what impact Trump's order would have on U.S. nuclear subs, which are routinely on patrol in the world's hotspots, but it comes at a delicate moment in the Trump administration's relations with Moscow. Advertisement Trump has said that special envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Russia to push Moscow to agree to a ceasefire in its war with Ukraine and has threatened new economic sanctions if progress is not made. He cut his 50-day deadline for action to 10 days, with that window set to expire next week. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The post about the sub repositioning came after Trump, in the wee hours of Thursday morning, had posted that Medvedev was a 'failed former President of Russia' and warned him to 'watch his words.' Medvedev responded hours later by writing, 'Russia is right on everything and will continue to go its own way.' Medvedev was president from 2008 to 2012 while Putin was barred from seeking a second consecutive term but stepped aside to let him run again. Now deputy chairman of Russia's National Security Council, which Putin chairs, Medvedev has been known for his provocative and inflammatory statements since the start of the war in 2022, a U-turn from his presidency, when he was seen as liberal and progressive. Advertisement He has frequently wielded nuclear threats and lobbed insults at Western leaders on social media. Some observers have argued that with his extravagant rhetoric, Medvedev is seeking to score political points with Putin and Russian military hawks. Trump and Medvedev have gotten into online spats before. On July 15, after Trump announced plans to supply Ukraine with more weapons via its NATO allies and threatened additional tariffs against Moscow, Medvedev posted, 'Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin. The world shuddered, expecting the consequences. Belligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn't care.' Earlier this week, he wrote, 'Trump's playing the ultimatum game with Russia: 50 days or 10″ and added, 'He should remember 2 things: 1. Russia isn't Israel or even Iran. 2. Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country.' Associated Press writer Dasha Litvinova in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed to this report.
Time Magazine
29 minutes ago
- Time Magazine
Trump Escalates Nuclear Brinksmanship with Russia Over Social Media Spat
President Donald Trump on Friday told Russia he was ordering two U.S. nuclear submarines to change course in response to comments made on social media by Russia's former president. It was a rare public escalation between the two nuclear superpowers and an unusual moment of brinksmanship in the atomic age played out in public and online. It was not immediately clear if any U.S. submarines changed their course. The Pentagon referred a request for more information to the White House, which did not immediately respond. Trump wrote the comments in response to former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev's online posts invoking reports about a Cold War-era Soviet nuclear strategy known as 'The Dead Hand' designed to deploy nuclear weapons even if the humans assigned to operate the weapons had been killed in a first strike. The Russian government has not officially confirmed the capability, but in 2011, a retired commander of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces claimed it could be reactivated if needed. Writing on his social media website Truth Social, Trump called Medvedev's statements 'highly provocative' and said he said he took action as a precaution. 'I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that,' Trump wrote. 'Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances.' Trump was responding to an online post Medvedev wrote on Thursday that President Trump should remember movies about zombies and hinted at how 'dangerous' a Russian nuclear retaliation could be. 'Let him remember his favorite movies about 'The Walking Dead,' as well as how dangerous the non-existent in nature 'Dead Hand' can be,' Medvedev wrote. The online spat between Trump and Medvedev, who often serves as the Kremlin's Twitter troll, had played out earlier in the day. After Medvedev had rejected Trump's shorter deadline for Russia to agree to a peace deal in Ukraine, Trump criticized him on Truth Social. Trump told Medvedev to 'watch his words,' called him a 'failed former President of Russia,' and said he was 'entering very dangerous territory.' It's not the first time Trump has used social media to send a signal about the U.S. nuclear arsenal. In December 2016, after he was elected President the first time, Trump wrote on Twitter that the U.S. 'must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability.' The comments at the time raised concerns that Trump would spark a new arms race by increasing the U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons, which had been reduced through arms control agreements with Russia after the end of the Cold War. Trump has proposed increasing spending on nuclear forces, but the total number of U.S. warheads has declined since hitting a peak in the late 1960s and has largely remained the same in recent years.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Trump deploys two nuclear submarines after Medvedev comments
US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines in response to his ongoing dispute with former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. This is being done "just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that," Trump wrote on his platform Truth Social. Where the submarines will be sent is unclear. In his post, Trump only referred to "appropriate regions." "Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances," he said. Trump and Medvedev have been publicly clashing for days. The dispute began after Trump gave Russia a new ultimatum for a ceasefire or peace agreement with Ukraine, shortening the deadline from 50 days tp 10 to 12. It now expires next week. In response, Medvedev threatened a direct military confrontation between Russia and the United States, stating on the platform X that any ultimatum was a step towards war. He also referred to Trump as "grandpa" and mocked him, saying the US president should remember the dangers of zombies when philosophizing about the death of the Indian and Russian economies. Trump had previously stated that he intended to impose at least 25% tariffs and a "penalty" on India because it buys a lot of energy from Russia, calling both economies dead.
