Russian army attacks Sumy, Izium, Kramatorsk, and Dnipropetrovsk region, killing and injuring civilians
Late on Sunday evening, August 16, Russian troops launched a massive attack on Sumy with strike drones. According to preliminary information, they were jet-powered drones.
There are hits in the residential sector and on civilian infrastructure facilities. Large fires broke out at the strike sites.
Information about casualties is being clarified," the head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Oleh Hryhorov, initially reported.
It later became known that a 75-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman were killed in the drone attack on the Sumy community. Another woman, 52, was injured.
In the Seredyna-Buda community, a 45-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman were injured in a Russian drone strike.
Over the past day, Russian shelling in the Sumy region damaged:
On the evening of August 16, Russian troops carried out an airstrike on Izium in the Kharkiv region. Officials initially reported four injured people.
According to the Izium City Military Administration, the strike hit the city at around 9:38 p.m.
Photo source: Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office
According to preliminary information, the enemy used two guided aerial bombs. Hits were recorded near the central and northwestern parts of the city," local authorities said.
The attack damaged the windows and roofs of several private residences.
On the morning of August 17, the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office updated the information on the aftermath of the strike. According to prosecutors, Russian troops used a UMPB-5R, a jet-powered guided aerial bomb, to attack Izium. At least 15 houses were damaged.
The number of injured rose to five, including three women and two men.
In addition, at around 4 a.m. on August 17, Izium came under another Russian attack. According to preliminary data, Russia used a Geran-3 drone this time. The attack damaged apartment buildings, private houses, and cars.
Under the procedural guidance of the Izium District Prosecutor's Office in Kharkiv region, pre-trial investigations have been launched into war crimes under Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Since the evening of August 16, Russian troops have attacked four districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region almost 20 times. Five people were injured in the shelling.
In the Nikopol district, Russian strikes targeted Nikopol, the Marhanets community, and the Pokrovske community. A 51-year-old woman was injured. She is receiving outpatient treatment.
In Pavlohrad, a Russian attack set a private house, an outbuilding, and a car on fire. Four people were injured.
Two women, aged 65 and 87, were hospitalized in moderate condition.
In the Synelnykove district, Russian troops struck the Raiivka and Mykolaivka communities. The shelling set private homes on fire.
On August 16, Russian troops shelled Kramatorsk. One person was killed, and seven others were injured in the attack. A Nova Poshta branch was also destroyed.
According to the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, at 3:57 p.m., the Russian army used a Geran-2 drone to attack Kramatorsk. It hit a civilian enterprise in the city center.
The explosion killed a 19-year-old employee. Seven other civilians, aged 23 to 42, suffered injuries of varying severity. Their injuries included blast trauma, shrapnel wounds, and concussions.
The head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Vadym Filashkin, said Russian troops hit a post office building in Kramatorsk. The branch building was damaged, and officials were still clarifying the final consequences of the shelling at the time.
Later, Nova Poshta reported that a drone strike destroyed its Branch No. 3 in Kramatorsk.
"As a result of a cynical enemy attack on civilian infrastructure in Kramatorsk, our colleague was killed, and four more sustained injuries of varying severity," the company said.
Background
It should be noted that on the night of August 16, Russia struck several Ukrainian cities. Kyiv came under ballistic missile attack, leaving people injured and causing fires and destruction in the capital.
In particular, the Russian attack damaged a book market in Kyiv. Trade pavilions caught fire on the market grounds, and books and vendors' property burned. Three residents were injured in total.
Also on the night of August 16, Russian forces launched a combined attack with ballistic missiles and drones on Kryvyi Rih. Industrial facilities came under attack. Two people were killed, and 14 others were injured.
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