On the morning of February 20, Russian troops struck the Sumy region. A fire broke out in a residential building, two people died.
Russians struck the Sumy region
Sumy Regional Military Administration (RMA) reports that the shelling occurred at 5 am.
The enemy carried out an air-artillery attack on Novoslobidska community of Konotop district.
As a result of the shelling, a fire broke out in a residential building. The fire is contained.
The bodies of two victims were found. Debris analysis and search operations are ongoing.
The situation in Sumy region
At night and in the morning, the Russians carried out eight shellings of the border territories and settlements of the Sumy region.
39 explosions were recorded. The communities of Bilopollia, Velikopysarivka, Novoslobidka, Shalygine, and Seredyno-Buda came under fire.
Yesterday, four civilians were injured as a result of the shelling of the Novoslobodska community.
On February 17, a man was killed, and a 15-year-old boy was wounded as a result of a mortar shelling of a village in the Khotyn community.
Last week, Russian troops shelled the civil infrastructure of the Velikopysarivska Territorial Community of Sumy region with artillery fire for six hours, and a man was killed.
In the Sumy region, the population was completely evacuated from 19 settlements in a 5-kilometer zone from the border with the Russian Federation.
