Russian forces attacked 31 settlements in Sumy Oblast on 28 October, injuring eight people.
Source: National Police of Ukraine
Quote: "Russian forces attacked 31 settlements in the oblast. A total of 93 strikes were recorded. Police investigative teams and bomb disposal experts have been working at the scenes." A firefighter working Photo: National Police of Ukraine
Details: Russian drone attacks injured a 41-year-old man and an 85-year-old woman in the Sumy hromada A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories . A shop and cars were damaged. A downed drone Photo: National Police of Ukraine
A Russian drone injured a 40-year-old man in the Putyvl hromada. A garage building was also damaged. A damaged car Photo: National Police of Ukraine
Five people were injured in drone attacks on the Shostka hromada: a 55-year-old woman and four men aged 32, 57, 48 and 40. Apartment blocks and houses were damaged.
Russian forces also damaged houses in the Berezivka, Verkhnia Syrovatka, Seredyna-Buda, Trostianets and Mykolaivka hromadas.
The police have opened criminal proceedings into suspected war crimes.
Background: A Russian munition detonated during mine clearance operations in the Shostka district of Sumy Oblast, killing two bomb disposal experts – 32-year-old Oleksandr Kovalchuk and 39-year-old Denys Sydorych. One died at the scene and the other in hospital.
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