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Explosions in Sumy thundered on the evening of November 17 during an air raid siren.
The secretary of the Sumy city council, Artem Kobzar, reported this in the municipality's Telegram channel, Russia attacked a nine-story apartment building with a ballistic missile.
Explosions in Sumy on November 17 — what is known
Law enforcement officers of the Sumy region indicated that as a result of the attack in Sumy on November 17, ten people were killed, including two children.
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Rescue operations are underway at the landing site, people are being searched for under the rubble of a multi-story building.
— At least 10 multi-story buildings and vehicles were damaged, the number of which is being specified.
Prosecutors, in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, are documenting the consequences of the shelling, — designated by the Sumy regional prosecutor's office.
The OVA reported that the number of victims has increased: as of 23:35 on November 17, their number reached 52 people.
The head of the Sumy OVA Vladimir Artyukh reported on the consequences of the Russian attack:
— Sunday evening for the city of Sumy became hell, a tragedy that Russia brought to our land… Rescuers, volunteer battalions, and police are working here. More than 400 residents of damaged houses are being evacuated. A headquarters has been set up, Points of Invincibility are working, residents of neighboring houses and even from other neighborhoods of the city are joining in providing assistance to the victims.
President Volodymyr Zelensky also responded to Russia's latest attack.
— My condolences to the families and loved ones. The criminal must be punished for killing innocent people, — summed up the head of state.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 998 days now.
You can monitor the situation in cities on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the map of air raids in Ukraine.