The number of deaths due to a night airstrike in Sumy has increased

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Oleksandra Opanasenko
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Eight people were killed in a nighttime airstrike in Sumy. Another 12 people, including an 8-year-old girl, were injured.

This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

The bodies of a 74-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman, the mother of the injured girl, were recovered from the rubble.

On the night of January 30, the Russian Federation attacked a ten-story building in Sumy with drones. The enemy attack destroyed at least 9 apartments and 12 balconies. Among the dead were three couples: a 74-year-old man and his 69-year-old wife, a 65-year-old man and his 64-year-old wife, and a 61-year-old man and his 61-year-old wife.

Emergency services have deployed a mobile invincibility point at the scene. Psychologists, doctors from the State Emergency Service, and all relevant services are working. The search and rescue operation is ongoing.

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