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Boston Globe
7 days ago
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Russian attacks in Ukraine kill a child and wound 24 before planned direct peace talks
Advertisement The war has continued unabated, meanwhile. Russia is driving hard to break through at eastern and northeastern points on the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line. It is also firing upwards of 700 drones a night at Ukrainian cities. From dusk on Monday evening, Russia struck the Ukrainian regions of Sumy in the northeast, Odesa in the south and eastern Kramatorsk. In Kramatorsk, a glide bomb hit an apartment building, starting a fire, according to the head of the city's military administration, Oleksandr Honcharenko. A boy born in 2015 was killed, local officials said, without giving his exact age. Five other people were reported wounded. The Sumy region came under multiple waves of attacks, the regional military administration reported. A drone hit a gas station in the town of Putyvl, wounding four people, including a 5-year-old boy, it said. A second drone strike hit the same location less than two hours later, wounding seven more. Advertisement After dark, two powerful Russian glide bombs were dropped on Sumy city, wounding 13 people, including a 6-year-old boy. According to regional authorities, five apartment buildings, two private homes and a shopping mall were damaged in the attack. Acting Mayor Artem Kobzar said the blasts shattered windows and destroyed balconies in residential buildings. Also Tuesday, Russia's Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 35 Ukrainian long-range drones over several regions overnight, including three over the Moscow region.
Straits Times
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Russian attacks on Ukraine's Sumy border region injure 14, officials say
Find out what's new on ST website and app. Russian attacks on Monday in two areas of Ukraine's border Sumy region, where Moscow's troops have gained a foothold in recent months, have injured 14 people. The military administration of Sumy region, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said drone strikes in the town of Putyvl, just inside the border, injured 11 people and damaged civilian infrastructure. To the southeast, the mayor of the city of Sumy, Artem Kobzar, said a guided bomb attack had injured three people and damaged a multi-storey apartment block, smashing windows and balconies. Sumy region was used by Ukrainian forces as a springboard in a large incursion nearly a year ago into Russia's Kursk region. The Kremlin says Ukrainian forces have been ejected from the Russian region, and President Vladimir Putin said Moscow planned to establish a buffer zone in the area. Russia has launched an increasing number of attacks on Sumy region. A missile strike in April on the city of Sumy killed 35 people. REUTERS
Reuters
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Russian attacks on Ukraine's Sumy border region injure 14, officials say
July 21 (Reuters) - Russian attacks on Monday in two areas of Ukraine's border Sumy region, where Moscow's troops have gained a foothold in recent months, have injured 14 people. The military administration of Sumy region, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said drone strikes in the town of Putyvl, just inside the border, injured 11 people and damaged civilian infrastructure. To the southeast, the mayor of the city of Sumy, Artem Kobzar, said a guided bomb attack had injured three people and damaged a multi-storey apartment block, smashing windows and balconies. Sumy region was used by Ukrainian forces as a springboard in a large incursion nearly a year ago into Russia's Kursk region. The Kremlin says Ukrainian forces have been ejected from the Russian region, and President Vladimir Putin said Moscow planned to establish a buffer zone in the area. Russia has launched an increasing number of attacks on Sumy region. A missile strike in April on the city of Sumy killed 35 people.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Russian strike on Sumy on 3 June: death toll rises to five
The death toll from a Russian attack on the city of Sumy on 3 June has risen to five, as an 86-year-old woman with severe injuries has died in hospital. 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!
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian drone attack on Sumy injures one, leaves part of city without power
Russian Shahed drones attacked the city of Sumy on the morning of 21 May, injuring one person, damaging industrial facilities, causing fires and leaving parts of the city without electricity. Source: Oleh Hryhorov, Head of Sumy Oblast Military Administration; Artem Kobzar, acting Mayor of Sumy; Serhii Kryvosheienko, Head of Sumy City Military Administration Quote from Hryhorov: "This morning, Sumy came under Russian drone attack. Industrial facilities have been hit and power lines have been damaged. Fires have broken out as a result of the strikes. Early reports indicate one person has been injured. Parts of the oblast centre have been left without electricity." Details: Kobzar reported that Russian forces had used Shahed drones to strike two industrial facilities a total of at least seven times – five strikes on one facility and two on the other. Quote from Kryvosheienko: "Parts of the city have been left without power, including water supply facilities. Critical infrastructure is being switched to generator power." Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
