Russia bombs busy civilian area in Ukraine's Sumy region, casualties reported
Photo: In the Sumy territorial community, the Russians have once again targeted a place that is crowded every day (Getty Images)
Russia carried out 6 strikes with guided aerial bombs on the Sumy territorial community, according to Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration.
Consequences
As of this moment, three people are known to have been killed in the Russian attack. Seven more people were injured.
Information on the number of casualties is being verified—the figures may change throughout the day.
What Russia attacked
Russia launched 6 strikes with guided aerial bombs on the territory of the Sumy community. One of the bombs struck near medical facilities, in an area with heavy foot and vehicle traffic.
The other Russian bombs, according to preliminary data, targeted infrastructure facilities.
Civilians and vehicles were at the epicenter of one of the Russian strikes. Hryhorov calls this yet another deliberate Russian attack on the civilian population.
The Sumy Regional Military Administration showed the aftermath of the Russian guided air bomb strikes.
Source: Sumy Regional Military Administration
Among the killed are a woman and a man. Another person sustained extremely severe injuries, making it currently impossible to determine their gender.
There are now 17 injured. Among them is a 16-year-old boy. He is currently undergoing surgery. Two other seriously injured individuals are also undergoing surgery.
On July 14, the Russians struck a high-rise building in Kharkiv with a kamikaze drone. The drone hit an apartment on one of the floors, causing a fire. It was later reported that one person was injured as a result of the Russian strike.
On the morning of July 15, the Russians launched a missile strike on Odesa. There are fatalities and injuries, and residential buildings have been damaged. Warnings about a missile threat over the city had been issued as early as that morning.
