On the night of August 13, Russian troops launched another attack on Ukrainian cities, targeting critical infrastructure in the city of Sumy. As a result of this attack, one person was injured, and a large part of the city was left without electricity and gas supply. Rescue services are actively working at the scene of the events, performing emergency and restoration work.
The Sumy Regional Military Administration (OVA) reported that the Russian occupiers launched a missile and air strike on infrastructure facilities in Sumy. As a result of the shelling, an electricity transmission line, a gas pipeline, a local hospital building and several cars were damaged.
Currently, all necessary services are working at the event site. The authorities are clarifying the consequences of this hostile attack, measures are being taken to restore electricity and gas supply.
Before the attack on Sumy, on the night of August 13, Russian troops launched 38 Shahed attack drones and two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles over Ukraine. The Air Force of Ukraine was able to destroy 30 of these drones, but some of them reached their targets, causing significant destruction.
This attack was another manifestation of Russian aggression aimed at destroying critical infrastructure and creating additional problems for the civilian population of Ukraine.
