Russians killed nine civilians in airstrike on an apartment building in Sumy (updated)
Russians killed nine civilians and injured 16 people, including a child, in its airstrike on an apartment building in Sumy on the night of January 29-30, 2025, according to the Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service and Prosecutor General’s Office.

Amongst those dead are three couples:
- a 74-year-old man and his 69-year-old wife;
- a 65-year-old man and his 64-year-old wife;
- 61-year-old man and his 61-year-old wife.
As of 20:09, the State Emergency Service announced that the rescue and search operation following the Russian airstrike on the apartment building had been completed.
The Prosecutor General’s Office reported that the number of fatalities has risen to nine, with 14 people being injured.
ZMINA consistently reports on ongoing international crimes in the Sumy Oblast.

“Russia is now using Shahed attack drones with an enhanced warhead weighing up to 90 kg and metal shrapnel to increase the number of civilian casualties. These criminals and terrorists must take responsibility for this, and they will,” Yermak wrote.
In other news relevant to the war, a pro-Russian far-right Romanian presidential candidate, Călin Georgescu, called Ukraine “a fictitious state” and said that its division between neighbouring states was inevitable.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reacted to these words, stating that the ideas voiced by the Romanian politician are identical to those of Russian propaganda, “which indicates complete dependence on his masters in Moscow.”
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs considers such remarks to be utterly unacceptable. The ministry condemned “revisionist rhetoric or actions that encroach on Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, contradict international norms, the UN Charter and basic democratic values”.
Heorhii Tykhyy, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry, pointed out that despite Georgescu’s remarks, Ukraine firmly believes it is in the Romanian government’s best interest, as well as in the interest of the Romanian people, to work towards a comprehensive, just and sustainable peace in Ukraine, fostering development between the two countries in peace, security and prosperity.
Previously, the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine outlined a timeline for the second Peace Summit.
At the same time, Tykhyy added that Ukraine values the fact that Romania and its people have been firmly supporting Ukraine since the onset of Moscow’s full-scale war.