Eight people injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine's Sumy region

Russian forces shelled 31 settlements in Ukraine's north-eastern Sumy region, which borders Russia, on 28 October. According to Ukraine's National Police, 93 strikes were recorded in total and eight people were injured. Police have opened criminal proceedings over war crimes.

The injured

In the Sumy community, Russian drone attacks injured a 41-year-old man and an 85-year-old woman. A shop and vehicles were damaged.

In the Putyvl community, a Russian drone wounded a 40-year-old man and damaged a garage building.

The Shostka community had the most casualties: five people were wounded in drone attacks, a 55-year-old woman and men aged 32, 57, 48 and 40. Apartment blocks and private houses were damaged.

Russian strikes also damaged private houses in the Berezivka, Verkhnia Syrovatka, Seredyna-Buda, Trostianets and Mykolaivka communities.

Police investigative teams and explosives disposal specialists worked at the sites of the attacks.

What happened earlier

On the same day in the Shostka district, a Russian munition detonated during humanitarian demining. Two sappers of Ukraine's State Emergency Service, 32-year-old Oleksandr Kovalchuk and 39-year-old Denys Sydorych, were killed. One died at the scene and the other in hospital.