In Sumy region the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a missile heading towards Poltava. The Head of Sumy Regional Military Administration (RMA) / Regional State Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyy reported.
“...people heard explosions in the area of Lypova Dolyna - this were our boys shooting down the missile heading towards Poltava. The remains of the missile landed in this area,” - the statement says.
Zhyvytskyy also reported there are demining operations after the retreat of the enemy on the territory of the region. On the territory of Romny district specialists are found and destroyed 27 cluster munitions, PTAB-1 with aviation bombs RBK-500. They could have detonated any time. In the village of Sloboda of Konotop district 300 metres away from residential houses in the vegetable gardens an unexploded deformed aviation bomb FAB-500ShR was found.
Police officers of explosives service of the Main Department of National Police Service and the workers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine neutralised the bomb.
During the day pyrotechnicians neutralised 1190 explosives in Ukraine.