Children evacuated from Sumy border area after deadly bus attack on May 17

Children evacuated from Sumy border area after deadly bus attack on May 17

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Rescuers in armored vehicles, together with philanthropists, took ten children from the border of Sumy region whose mothers were on a bus that was hit by a drone on May 17 by Russian troops.

According to Ukrinform, the State Emergency Service reported this on Telegram.

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According to preliminary information, the mother of eight children was injured in the attack, and the mother of two more was killed.

The children and two adults were evacuated to a safer place, where psychologists and doctors were already waiting for them.

As reported by Ukrinform, nine people were killed as a result of a Russian attack on a bus near Bilopillia in Sumy region at 6:17 a.m. on May 7.

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