The Russian strike on the outskirts of Sumy has increased the number of casualties, and children are among the wounded.
This was reported by the press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the Secretary of the Sumy City Council , Artem Kobzar.
Rescuers clarified that the Russians attacked the suburbs of Sumy at around 5:30 p.m. Previously, the enemy struck civilian infrastructure in the Sumy district with a ballistic missile.
As of 7:45 p.m., three people were reported dead as a result of the attack (two people died in the hospital, one of them a child) and 11 injured, 5 of them children.
"According to updated information, we have tragic consequences: - three people died: a girl - at the scene, a man and a boy - died in the hospital," Kobzar noted.
Information about the victims is constantly being updated.
Let us recall that on May 6, the Russian occupation army targeted the civilian infrastructure of Sumy.