Russian drone strike kills couple and their two children in Sumy region

Russian drone strike kills couple and their two children in Sumy region

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A Russian drone strike on a residential building in the Sumy region has claimed the lives of a couple and their two young children.

According to Ukrinform, the head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Oleh Hryhorov, reported via Telegram that the attack occurred overnight in the village of Chernechchyna, part of the Krasnopillia community. The drone directly targeted the family’s home, where the couple lived with their two sons, aged 6 and 4.

Rescue workers recovered the bodies of all four victims from the rubble.

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As earlier reported by Ukrinform, in the Shostka district of Sumy region, another Russian drone strike hit civilian infrastructure, killing a 60-year-old woman.

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