{
  "id": 11170170,
  "title": "Russian glide bombs scarred a statue of Christ and damaged a 19th-century church in Sumy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/russian-glide-bombs-scarred-a-statue-of-christ-and-damaged-a-19th",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T10:39:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/01/russian-glide-bombs-scarred-a-statue-of-christ-and-damaged-a-19th-century-church-in-sumy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On 29 September, Russian glide bombs struck central Sumy, causing damage to a 19th-century church, the city cemetery, a bronze statue of Christ, a school, and nearby homes. The Church of Saints Peter and Paul, a national-level architectural monument, was heavily damaged with windows shattered and the roof pitted with bomb fragments. The statue of Christ outside the church sustained a cut across its chest. The strike also affected about 50 graves in the nearby Central City Cemetery. The same attack caused injuries to two people at a school and six others in a residential area. Over the following night and day, Russia continued its attacks across Ukraine, targeting civilians and churches.",
  "summary": "The same strike hit a school where children were sheltering and nearby homes, where two people were killed and six injured, three of them children.",
  "key_points": [
    "Russian glide bombs struck Sumy on 29 September",
    "Damaged 19th-century Church of Saints Peter and Paul",
    "Statue of Christ and 50 graves also affected"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}