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Russian attack on Sumy outskirts leaves three dead, 11 injured

Sofia Polonska
6 May, 2025 Tuesday
20:20

On May 6, the Russian occupation army attacked the suburbs of Sumy. The attack killed three people and injured eleven, including children

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This was reported by the Sumy Regional Military Administration.

Russia struck the outskirts of Sumy around 5:30 PM. Preliminary information suggests the Russian army targeted civilian infrastructure with a ballistic missile.

As a result of the attack, a child was killed, and six people were injured. Most of the injured are children, one of whom is in very serious condition.

As of 6:35 p.m., updated information has emerged that a 20-year-old woman, not a child, died.

Seven victims are currently known, including one woman and six children.

At 7:39 p.m., the acting mayor of Sumy, Artem Kobzar, said that 3 people were killed in the Russian strike: a young woman died at the scene, a man and a boy died in the hospital.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine informed that as of 7:45 p.m. the number of casualties had increased to 11.

  • On the night of April 24, Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles. As a result of the drone strike, fires broke out in various areas of Kyiv, and by April 28, the death toll had risen to thirteen, with a 45-year-old man dying from burns.
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