Missiles strike Sumy: Over 70 injured including children
Over 70 people, including several children, were injured in a Russian missile attack on Sumy in northeastern Ukraine. A school and a hospital were among the damaged structures.
As a result of the Russian missile attack, which took place on 24th March in the capital of the northeastern region of Sumy, 74 civilians were injured, including 13 children, the City Council reported.
"The enemy launched a missile strike on the city centre. Several high-rise buildings, and a school are damaged. Children were in a shelter," stated Volodymyr Artiukh, head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration.
The target was an industrial facility, missiles hit the hospital
Artem Kobzar, acting mayor of Sumy, explained that the target of the attack was an industrial facility; however, other buildings were also affected as a result of the strike.
"The attack targeted residential areas and infrastructure facilities, including children's hospitals," he said.
Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs, also published recordings from the site where the missiles landed.
According to Ukrinform, the fire that broke out in the flats of a five-storey building with a total area of 150 square metres, as well as in a private house with an area of 50 square metres, has already been extinguished.
Emergency services are still working at the site.
