Russian forces attacked Sumy on September 1, targeted a residential area with a rocket, damaging facilities that house a center for social and psychological rehabilitation of children, an orphanage, and several apartment buildings, according to the Head of Sumy City Military Administration Oleksiy Drozdenko.
According to new reports, 18 people were injured, including 6 children. Among them a boy aged seven and a girl aged 13.
⚡️ Russian forces attacked Sumy, targeting a children’s rehabilitation center and orphanage, according to Regional Administration authorities.
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Preliminarily, two children, aged seven and 13 were injured.
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According to the prosecutor’s office, no children were present at the institution during the attack.
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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