Earlier, the city hall was informed only about the deceased 20-year-old girl. It is noted that she died at the site of the blow. However, later two people died in the hospital – a child and an adult.
The head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Oleg Grigorov, specified on Facebook that a 6-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man had died.
“Four children and four adults wounded are now in medical institutions. Two in extremely serious condition,” the official wrote.
The city hall added that among the victims of the Russian attack – six children.
On May 7 and 8, the Sumy Territorial community was declared during the day of mourning for the dead.
The State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations published in Telegram a photo of eliminating the consequences of an attack by an aggressor country.
Context
Russia began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, occupying part of the Sumy region. In early April, the northern regions of Ukraine, in particular the Sumy region, Freed from the invadersBut The military of the Russian Federation regularly shells the region from the Russian territory.
From August 6, 2024 Armed Forces They conduct an offensive operation in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, bordering the Sumy region. On February 19, 2025, the APU General Staff reported that the Russian division tried to advance towards the Sumy region, but to no avail.
On March 13, the Sumy region announced the mandatory evacuation of the civilian population from the Yunakovsky and Miropoli communities. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky reported that the Russian army was accumulating forces to strike in the Sumy region.
On April 21, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky, announced intensive battles in the border Sumy and Kursk regions.
On April 29, Grigorov confirmed that the fighting continues in the region, but there is no talk of the occupation of settlements.
On May 5, local authorities announced an urgent evacuation of residents of Belopol and Vorozhaba – settlements of the Sumy district.
