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Russian missile kills three, injures eight in Ukraine's Sumy, governor says
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Posted on May 6, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 6, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
A Russian missile strike near Sumy, Ukraine, killed three people, including a child, and injured eight. The attack targeted civilian infrastructure, prompting evacuations.
(Reuters) - A Russian missile attack on the outskirts of the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday killed three people, including a 6-year-old child, and injured eight others, regional officials said.
The military administration in the border region, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said four of the injured were children, with two of them in serious condition in hospital.
The early evening strike targeted civilian infrastructure in the city's suburbs, the administration said.
Russian attacks have intensified in the region in recent weeks, including a missile strike on Sumy on Palm Sunday last month which killed 35 people.
Officials began evacuating residents from border villages on Monday after an upsurge in military action on both sides of the border and Russian shelling of settlements.
Russian war bloggers on Monday said Ukrainian forces had launched a new incursion into Russia's adjacent Kursk region.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa and Ron Popeski; Editing by Alex Richardson and Leslie Adler)
The article discusses a Russian missile attack on Sumy, Ukraine, resulting in civilian casualties and injuries.
The attack killed three people, including a child, and injured eight others, leading to evacuations in the region.
Yes, Russian attacks have intensified in the Sumy region in recent weeks, prompting evacuations.
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