Russia strikes kindergarten in Ukraine's Sumy
Photo: Russian drones struck a kindergarten in downtown Sumy (police)
Today, May 6, Russian forces launched a drone strike on the center of Sumy, hitting a kindergarten building, according to Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, and Artem Kobzar, acting mayor of Sumy.
"The Russians struck a civilian building in the central part of Sumy with two attack drones. A rescue operation is underway," the Regional Military Administration says in a statement.
City officials specify that two drones were recorded hitting a kindergarten building in the central part of the city.
Photo: In the center of Sumy, a Russian drone struck a kindergarten building (t.me/kobzarartemsn)
Information regarding casualties and the extent of the damage is currently being verified.
All relevant services are working at the scene.
Meanwhile, media outlets have released video footage from the site of the strike on the kindergarten in Sumy.
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Updated at 12:58 pm
According to the Regional Military Administration, rescue workers found the body of a woman at the site where Russian drones struck in Sumy. The victim was a security guard at a preschool.
Two injured people were also hospitalized at the site of the strike. Medical personnel are providing them with the necessary care. The preschool was not in operation.
Police investigative teams, bomb disposal experts, rescue workers, and other relevant services are working at the scene. Law enforcement officials are documenting the aftermath of the enemy strike and recording yet another war crime.
Russian strikes on Ukraine and ceasefire violations
Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the introduction of a ceasefire starting Wednesday, May 6.
He also noted that Ukraine had not received any official requests from Russia regarding a ceasefire on May 9, as reported by Russian media.
Despite this, on the night of May 6, Russian forces struck civilian and industrial infrastructure in several regions of Ukraine. Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and Kryvyi Rih came under Russian fire, and the situation was also tense in the Sumy region.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, from 6 p.m. on May 5 to 8 a.m. on May 6, Russia attacked Ukraine with two ballistic missiles, one guided air-to-surface missile, and 108 strike drones.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has already responded to the Russian violation of the ceasefire.
