SUMY, Ukraine -- A nightlong Russian guided bomb attack struck the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, with one strike landing near a residential building. At least four people were killed and dozens injured in the attack."This is one of the central areas of the city of Sumy. It's a place where people come for evening walks," RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service correspondent Alyona Yatsyna reported from the scene shortly after the strike late on July 3.Images from the ground showed holes in the five-story building, as Regional Governor Serhiy Kryvosheyenko announced that some residents might be temporarily relocated to local dormitories.
Kryvosheyenko said a child was among those killed in the attack, adding that six more children, two of them in serious condition, were among the 27 people injured.An air raid siren could still be heard in Sumy on the morning of July 4, with local monitoring channels reporting that Russian forces had launched Shahed drones toward the city as emergency services were still working to clear the rubble.The shelling of Sumy came two days after a devastating Russian attack on Kyiv that killed 30 people, injured nearly 100 more, and marked the biggest assault on the Ukrainian capital this year, described by local residents as a "nightmare."The drone and missile strikes on the city destroyed and damaged homes and left streets strewn with shattered glass, charred trees, and burned-out cars.
