Over the past day, Russian forces attacked settlements in Sumy Region almost 40 times. Four people are known to have been injured, and there was also damage to homes, vehicles and civilian infrastructure.
This was reported by the Sumy Regional Military Administration.
Four civilians were injured in Sumy Region as a result of Russian shelling. Three people suffered an acute stress reaction after an enemy drone strike on the Sumy community. Another man sought medical help after being wounded on 29 October in a drone attack in the Shalyhyne community.
Overall, from the morning of 7 November to the morning of 8 November, Russian forces carried out almost 40 strikes on 19 settlements across 11 territorial communities in the region. The highest number of attacks was recorded in Sumy and Shostka districts.
The enemy used mortars, artillery, multiple-launch rocket systems, FPV drones, unmanned aerial vehicles and guided aerial bombs.
As a result of the shelling, civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged and destroyed:
- in the Seredyna-Buda community, a private home and civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged, and private houses were destroyed;
- in the Shostka community, vehicles were damaged;
- in the Khutir-Mykhailivskyi community, apartment buildings were damaged;
- in the Hlukhiv community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
- in the Krasnopillia community — a private house, an outbuilding and a civilian infrastructure facility;
- in the Sumy community — a post office building, vehicles and civilian infrastructure facilities;
- in the Putyvl community, a vehicle was destroyed;
- in the Svesa community, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged;
- in the Esman community, a private home was destroyed.
Over the past day, the air-raid alert in the region lasted 17 hours and 55 minutes.
- On the night of 8 November, Russian forces attacked Rivne Region. The consequences were recorded in the Sarny area.