Russian drone strikes apartment block in Ukraine, killing four, governor says
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

A Russian drone hit an apartment in Sumy, Ukraine, killing four and injuring nine. Rescue operations are ongoing as authorities assess the damage.
(Reuters) - A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing four people and injuring nine, including a child, the regional authorities said.
Governor Volodymyr Artyukh, shown in a video on Telegram in front of a crane and piles of rubble, said emergency services were pulling residents out from parts of the building.
The attack ruined five apartments and damaged over 20 cars, authorities said. Work on site continued into Thursday morning, with emergency services sharing pictures of rescuers sifting through the rubble.
The region borders Russia's Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an incursion in August 2024, and has been regularly attacked by Russian drones.
Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians but thousands have been killed and injured after Moscow's troops launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Anastasiia Malenko; Editing by Sandra Maler and Kim Coghill)
A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in Sumy, killing four people and injuring nine, including a child.
The attack ruined five apartments and damaged over 20 cars, according to authorities.
Emergency services were seen pulling residents from the rubble and continued their work into Thursday morning.
Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians, despite thousands being killed and injured since the invasion began in February 2022.
The Sumy region borders Russia's Kursk region, which has been regularly attacked by Russian drones.
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