Russia intensified shelling of the Sumy and Kharkiv regions on May 8. This is despite the fact that the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a three-day "truce."
Points of attention
- Despite the declared truce by Vladimir Putin, Russia continues to shell the Kharkiv and Sumy regions intensively.
- Recent attacks by Russia in the Sumy region resulted in casualties, including deaths and injuries to civilians.
- The escalation of violence in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions highlights the ongoing humanitarian crisis and the urgent need for peace.
Russia shelled Kharkiv and Sumy regions: there are casualties
According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the night, on May 8, the enemy intensified strikes by tactical aviation using guided bombs on the Sumy region.
In particular, on the morning of May 8, the enemy carried out airstrikes on the territory of the Bilopil community.
Specialists of the State Emergency Service arrived at the scene. During the inspection of the area, rescuers discovered a woman under the rubble. The victim was carefully unblocked and handed over to emergency medical workers, the State Emergency Service said.
In the Sumy district, as a result of night shelling, fires broke out in three residential buildings.
On May 8, at around 03:00 in the Mykolaiv community of Sumy district, the enemy dropped, according to preliminary data, a guided aerial bomb on the homes of civilians. As a result, a 55-year-old woman died in her own home, and her 24-year-old son was injured.
At 03:30, the occupiers dropped another bomb on the civilian infrastructure of the Vorozhbyanska community of Sumy district. A 70-year-old woman was injured.
According to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, on May 8, at around 7:05 a.m., Russian military personnel used an FPV drone to strike a civilian Renault Sandero car traveling on the road near the village of Velyki Prokhody, Kharkiv District.
Three women, ages 18, 30, and 58, were injured. They were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.
