In Sumy Region, a 31-year-old woman was killed as a result of Russian shelling, and civilians were injured. A total of 18 communities came under attack, with homes, vehicles and civilian infrastructure damaged.
This was reported by the Sumy Regional Military Administration.
In the Buryn community, a woman was killed in a strike on a farm site, and an 18-year-old man was injured. Three more women aged 65, 54 and 61 suffered acute stress reactions. Farm buildings were destroyed, cattle were killed and injured, and a vehicle was also damaged.
In the Hlukhiv community, after a Russian UAV hit on the morning of 24 October, a 74-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction. A 48-year-old man also sought medical help after being injured on 23 October when a drone struck a vehicle.
In the Krasnopillia community, a 39-year-old man was affected by an enemy drone strike and suffered an acute stress reaction. In the Boromlia community, three women aged 68, 56 and 36 were injured when a UAV hit a vehicle.
Overall, from the morning of 24 October to the morning of 25 October, Russian forces carried out more than 70 attacks on 33 settlements across 18 territorial communities in the region. The highest number of attacks was recorded in Sumy and Shostka districts.
The Sumy, Stepanivka, Mykolaivka rural, Myropillia, Krasnopillia, Yunakivka, Berezivka, Esman, Hlukhiv, Shostka, Svesa, Seredyna-Buda, Khutir-Mykhailivskyi, Buryn, Novoslobidske, Putyvl, Boromlia and Okhtyrka communities came under attack.
Russian forces used artillery, mortars, FPV drones, UAVs, guided aerial bombs and carried out missile strikes.
As a result of the shelling, civilian infrastructure was damaged:
Shostka community: a vehicle and the premises of a sports facility.
Hlukhiv community: residential buildings and a civilian infrastructure facility.
Mykolaivka rural community: a private home.
Krasnopillia community: a private home.
Okhtyrka community: a private home, non-residential premises and industrial equipment.
Stepanivka community: a non-residential building, a civilian infrastructure facility, a vehicle and an outbuilding.
Seredyna-Buda community: private homes and outbuildings — damaged and destroyed.
Boromlia community: a vehicle.
Svesa community: a non-residential structure and a vehicle.
Berezivka community: a private home.
According to the Sumy Regional Military Administration, the air-raid alert in the region lasted 19 hours and 22 minutes over the past day.