Sumy region
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Russians kill one person in Ukraine on October 15
Russian shelling on October 15, 2025, killed one person in the Donetsk region and wounded 17 others across the Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kherson, and Kharkiv Oblasts
Russian shelling killed eight people in Ukraine on October 12
Russian shelling on October 12 killed eight civilians and wounded 16 others across the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, the National Police of Ukraine reported
Russian attack overnight kills, wounds civilians including child; some Districts of Ukraine’s capital left without power (updated)
Killed and wounded civilians and damaged infrastructure were reported across the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, and Poltava regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 10, 2025. The strikes caused power cuts across several of these regions
Russian strikes killed six people in Ukraine on October 8
Russian shelling on October 8, 2025, killed six people and wounded 15 others across the Kherson, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions
Russia kills civilians in Sumy, cuts power in Odesa in overnight attacks
Civilians were killed and wounded, and damage was reported in the Odesa and Sumy regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 9
Russia has destroyed several grain storage facilities and a food production plant over the past several days
On the night of October 4, 2025, Russian drones shelled the Chernechchyna hromada – a local government area that includes one or more nearby settlements – in the Sumy region, hitting a grain storage facility in what reports indicated was a deliberate strike
Russian strikes kill at least 5 civilians, wound 32 in eastern and southern Ukraine over the past 24 hours
The Sumy Oblast Military Administration and Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President, reported that Russians deliberately struck a local health care facility with a drone in Sumy, causing the roof of a perinatal center to catch fire. At the time of the strike, 166 people were inside the center, including 11 children and 35 patients
Russian double-tap drone strike on Ukraine railway station in Shostka, Sumy region, injures 30, including 3 children (updated)
Oleksii Kuleba, deputy prime minister for the restoration of Ukraine and minister of communities, territories, and infrastructure development, said that Russian forces struck the railway station twice during the evacuation
Overnight Russian attack hits railways, kills civilians in multiple regions of Ukraine
Russian shelling on the night of October 2, 2025, killed and wounded civilians in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Chernihiv regions and destroyed railway infrastructure
Russian strikes kill 2, wound 53 across Ukraine in 24 hours
On September 30 and overnight into October 1, 2025, Russians shelled the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kherson, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts (regions), using missiles, aerial bombs, artillery, and drones. At least two people were killed and 53 were wounded. Residential buildings, markets, a hospital, infrastructure, and transport were damaged
Family of four, including expectant mother of twins, killed in Russian shelling in Sumy region
Civilians were killed and wounded, and material damage was reported in the Sumy, Kyiv, and Chernihiv regions following Russian shelling on the night of September 30, according to the National Police and regional administrations
Russia shells Ukraine overnight with 32 drones; 2 civilians wounded in Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions
Civilians were wounded in the Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions following Russian shelling on the night of September 29, 2025, according to regional military administrations
Russia’s aggression on September 22 left seven dead in Ukraine
According to the National Police of Ukraine, as a result of shellings by the Russian military on September 22, 2025, eight civilians were killed and at least 18 people were injured in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Kyiv, and Kherson Oblasts
Yesterday, Russian shelling killed nine people in Ukraine
As a result of shelling by Russian troops on September 21, 2025, nine civilians were killed in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv regions (Oblasts). At least 17 were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, and Kherson Oblasts, according to the National Police of Ukraine
In the night, Russia killed and injured people in shelling attacks in Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and the Kyiv region
During the night, the Russian army launched more than 140 drones at Ukraine, most of which were shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force. The military reported that the drones hit seven locations
Russian shelling kills three on Ukraine’s Independence Day
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, more than 13,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine. The number of civilian casualties has continued to rise this summer, a trend that began last year as the Russian army increasingly used indiscriminate weapons and changed its attack tactics
Russian drone attacks in Sumy Oblast kill 1 and injure another civilian
The Ukrainian Air Force reported downing more than 60 of the drones, but impacts from missiles and UAVs were recorded in at least 13 locations. The military's summary included hits in the Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Donetsk regions, though not all regions reported on the consequences immediately
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