Russian overnight attack injures 14 in Ukraine's Sumy region

Published on 20/08/2025 - 11:07 GMT+2

At slightest 14 group were wounded overnight connected Wednesday successful different large-scale Russian rocket and drone onslaught connected Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said connected Wednesday.

The injured successful nan onslaught connected nan metropolis of Okhtyrka successful Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, included a family pinch a babe and 2 mini children, Zelenskyy added.

"Russia continues to manifest its fears done acts of axenic coercion crossed Ukraine, erstwhile again targeting nan homes of families and their sleeping children," Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko wrote connected X.

The onslaught targeted a residential neighbourhood, damaging thirteen backstage homes, Svyrydenko added.

Ukraine's aerial unit said Russia launched 93 drones and an undisclosed number of missiles, of which 62 drones and 1 rocket were changeable down. They reported that 20 locations successful full were struck.

"(Air attacks) besides targeted nan Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Poltava regions," Zelenskyy said.

The Ukrainian leader besides reported that Moscow struck a state distribution position successful nan Odesa region successful yet different onslaught connected Ukraine's power infrastructure, which Russia has intensified successful caller months.

"All of these are demonstrative strikes that only corroborate nan request to put unit connected Moscow, nan request to enforce caller sanctions and tariffs until diplomacy is afloat effective," Zelenskyy said connected X.

"We request beardown information guarantees to guarantee a genuinely reliable and lasting peace," he concluded.

Earlier this week, Zelenskyy met pinch US President Donald Trump, alongside European leaders, successful nan White House successful an effort to unafraid a bid woody and extremity Russia's warfare of aggression.

Last Friday, Trump met pinch Vladimir Putin successful Alaska, and had later announced nan Russian president was unfastened to nan thought of information guarantees for Ukraine.