Russian Guided Bomb Tears Into Sumy Apartment Block, Killing 2, Injuring 8
Russian guided bombs struck Sumy, killing two city employees and injuring eight civilians as rescuers searched the rubble for trapped residents.
A Russian-guided aerial bomb struck a nine-story residential building in Sumy, Ukraine, on Friday night, resulting in the deaths of two municipal employees and injuries to eight others. The bomb detonated between the third and fourth floors, causing fires that left some residents trapped under the rubble. Mayor Artem Kobzar confirmed that the victims were a 52-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman, both employees of the Sumy City Council executive committee.
Among the eight injured were two children, aged 7 and 13, with at least three reported in serious condition. President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the strike as "absolutely inhuman," emphasizing that four people had already been rescued from the ruins. Emergency workers continued their efforts to clear the wreckage, with Ukrainian officials warning that additional individuals might still be trapped.
The attack was part of a larger Russian air raid on Sumy and its surrounding areas. Serhii Kryvosheienko, head of the Sumy City Military Administration, reported that Russian aircraft launched six or seven guided aerial bombs during the evening assault. Additional strikes were also noted near the communities of Stepanivka and Bezdryk.
The Sumy region, located on Ukraine's northern border with Russia, has been a frequent target of Russian drones and missiles since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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