Russian missile strike on Sumy region kills civilian

A Russian missile strike on the Duboviazivka community in Ukraine's Sumy region has killed an elderly woman.

According to Ukrinform, the Sumy Regional Military Administration stated this on Telegram.

Russian forces targeted civilian infrastructure, striking a private household.

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A local resident died from severe injuries sustained in the attack. The 78-year-old woman was working in her vegetable garden when the strike occurred.

Preliminary information indicates that Russian forces used a missile equipped with cluster munitions.

As Ukrinform previously reported, warehouses containing sulfur-based substances caught fire near Sumy following a separate Russian airstrike.