Kyiv: A Russian guided bomb attack on Saturday injured 10 people, including two children, in the village of Svesa, located in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region near the Russian border, local authorities reported.
The Sumy region, which borders Russia’s Kursk region, has faced frequent shelling by Russian forces in recent months.
Devastation in Svesa
In a video shared by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, parts of a building in Svesa were shown reduced to rubble. Rescue teams were seen transporting residents from the wreckage on stretchers.
“An entire block of the building, from the ground to the fifth floors, was destroyed,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. “Neighboring houses were also damaged.”
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Zelenskiy further reported that guided bomb strikes had also targeted two other villages in Sumy and neighboring Kharkiv region.
Russia’s Response
Russia, which initiated its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, did not offer immediate comments on the attack in Sumy.
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Weaponry Used
Guided bombs, or glide bombs, are typically conventional weapons, often of Soviet-era design, that are equipped with satellite-aided navigation for improved range and precision. These bombs are often dropped from distances beyond the reach of Ukrainian air defenses.
