At least 9 people killed in bombing in the city of Sumy, Ukraine

At least nine people, including two children, were killed in a Russian attack on residential buildings in the city of Sumy.in northeastern Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian State Emergency Service.

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Russian aviation “insidiously attacked houses” in the city around 11 pm local time (9 pm GMT). This was indicated by the state agency, which also reported that rescue teams Nine dead people, including two children, were removed from the rubble.

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Dmitro Zhyvytskyy, head of the Sumy regional state administration, noted on his Telegram account that Russian planes dropped bombs on the city and the district, in residential areas.

“What kind of war and what rules in general can we talk about when the Russian Army kills, destroys, drops bombs on civilians?“, denounced the governor.

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And in the Mykolaiv region, after a shelling, 11 fires broke out, eight of which in a residential area and three facilities.

In total, eight people had to be evacuated in the fires, of which rescuers managed to pull five out of the rubble, who were taken to nearby hospitals. As a result of the bombing, four civilians died.

humanitarian corridor

As a result of this bombardment, Ukraine announced the opening of a humanitarian corridor to evacuate the civilian population of Sumy, according to Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories.

“A ceasefire was agreed along the route from 9 a.m. local time“, he indicated in a video message, to add that the corridor will be open until 9 pm, local time, (7 pm GMT).

The journey will be made between Sumy, Golubivka, Lojvitsa, Lubny and Poltava.

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“No other route has been agreed“, stressed Vereshchuk, who maintained that the opening of the corridor for Sumy has been notified by the Russian Ministry of Defense to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

EFE