This afternoon, August 18, the Russians dropped a guided aerial bomb on Bilopillia, in the the Sumy r.egion
This was reported by the Sumy Regional Military Administration.
Previously, one person died and another was injured. All necessary services are available on-site. Medical aid is provided to the victims, emergency rescue operations are carried out.
The consequences of the attack are still being clarified, there may be people under the rubble.
At 6:44 p.m., the Sumy regional prosecutorʼs office clarified that the Russians targeted a private house around 4:00 p.m. As a result, the 33-year-old owner of the house and his 11-year-old daughter died.
A 55-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man were injured. At least five houses were damaged.
The Sumy Regional Prosecutorʼs Office has started an investigation into the violation of the laws and customs of war with intentional killing (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
- Since the beginning of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, the Russians have been shelling Sumy Oblast, which borders the Kursk region. Due to the intensification of Russian shelling there, the operation of the humanitarian corridor "Kolotylivka — Pokrovka", through which people returned from the occupation, was even suspended.