At least ten victims, including two children, were claimed on Sunday evening by a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy. With reference to local authorities, this is written by the Ukrainska Pravda server and the Russian service of the BBC station. Another 52 people were injured, according to Reuters. A Russian rocket attack in the evening hit a nine-story residential building in a densely populated part of the regional capital, the regional prosecutor’s office said.
The strike in Sumy damaged several other high-rise buildings and rescuers are working on the scene. According to the prosecutor’s office, a nine-year-old boy and a fourteen-year-old girl are among the dead. “Twenty local residents sought medical help,” the office said on telegram. More than 400 people had to be evacuated.
Russian authorities have not commented on the latest attacks. Moscow denies that it is deliberately targeting Ukrainian civilians in its military aggression and says its strikes are aimed exclusively at military or energy infrastructure. However, Ukrainian authorities regularly report on attacks on civilian sites and killed civilians. Meanwhile, the UN has confirmed thousands of Ukrainian civilians killed.
On Sunday morning, Ukraine faced one of the largest Russian airstrikes since the beginning of the Russian invasion. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia has sent 120 missiles of various types to Ukraine, as well as 90 drones. According to him, the anti-aircraft defense managed to destroy around 140 aerial targets. The attack was primarily aimed at the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. According to the authorities, the morning attack claimed the lives of about ten people and injured two dozen.
Source: www.tyden.cz
