Russian missile strike on Sumy: Eight killed, including two children
Eight people were killed and at least 20 were injured in a Russian missile strike on Sumy on Sunday evening.
17 November 2024
Eight people were killed and at least 20 were injured in a Russian missile strike on Sumy on Sunday evening.
Russian troops hit residential building in Sumy with ballistic missile
U.S. President Joe Biden for the first time allowed the Ukrainian military to use long-range ATACMS missiles to strike inside Russia.
On the morning of November 17, Russian troops shelled the village of Hlushkivka in the Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, killing one person and injuring another.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine eliminated 11,990 Russian invaders and 1,731 pieces of enemy weapons and military equipment over the past week.
As a result of Russian strikes targeting the Nikopol area and four other communities in Dnipropetrovsk region, an apartment block, a transport company, a shop, and a medical facility were mutilated. Private homes and power transmission lines were destroyed.
Attack drone operators with the Pomsta (Revenge) Border Guard Brigade destroyed three Russian ammunition and fuel depots in Luhansk region.
Three injured civilians, a woman and two men, were rushed to hospital from Antonivka, a suburb of Kherson, following a Russian strike.
A large group of enemy infantry was eliminated in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region as a result of a HIMARS strike.
The Russian forces shelled Znob-Novhorod community in Shostka district of Sumy region with artillery, killing a 73-year-old man who was fishing at a lake.
Since the beginning of the day, over 70 combat clashes have taken place on the frontlines, with the Russian forces being particularly active in the Kurakhove and Pokrovsk sectors.
In Odesa region, two energy workers, Dmytro Kaminnyi and Maksym Sharhorodskyi, were killed during a massive Russian attack on November 17. They were working at one of the substations operated by the national energy company, Ukrenergo.
As a result of a Russian missile strike on Vinnytsia region on November 17, seven civilian structures were damaged, including educational institutions, a residential apartment building, and garages in several districts of the region. Critical infrastructure was also affected.
Fighters from the Kramatorsk Border Guard Detachment successfully repelled a Russian assault destroying two infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs).
In Lviv region, a missile attack by Russian forces resulted in one fatality and three injuries.
For over an hour, the Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia with missiles, resulting in damage to more than 10 apartment buildings and injuries to two people.
A woman was killed in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson during a Russian drone attack.
Over the past week, Russia has used nearly 140 missiles of various types, over 900 guided aerial bombs, and over 600 attack drones in its attacks on Ukraine. Today, Ukrainian F-16 pilots shot down about 10 aerial targets.
Employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine removed part of an enemy missile that hit an apartment building in the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv.
The Defense Forces shot down 102 missiles and 42 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine since the evening of November 16, while 41 enemy UAVs disappeared from radars.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine showed the consequences of a combined Russian missile and drone attack.
On Sunday morning, Russian forces attacked a critical infrastructure facility in Prykarpattia, causing a fire.
Two women were killed in a nighttime attack in Mykolaiv. Seven people were injured, including two children.
In Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, an infrastructure facility was hit by a Russian missile, and damage was also reported in a residential area and two schools.
On Sunday morning, Russian troops attacked the Nikopol district in the Dnipropetrovsk region several times. They used artillery and deployed kamikaze drones.
A total of 133 combat engagements have been recorded over the past day as the invaders were most active in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove axes.
Overnight Sunday, November 17, several unmanned aerial vehicles attacked the Izhevsk-based Kupol electromechanical plant.
Russia targeted energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s Volyn region early Sunday.
During Russia’s latest massive combined attack, the invaders employed 120 missiles and 90 killer drones. Air defense forces destroyed more than 140 air targets.
In Ukraine’s Vinnytsia region, as a result of the Russian attack early Sunday, critical infrastructure facilities were hit.