A 17-year-old boy wounded in Russian assaults on downtown Sumy on June 3 died within the hospital, elevating the dying toll to 6, regional Governor Oleh Hryhorov reported on June 10.
Russia launched 5 assaults on the northeastern Ukrainian metropolis utilizing a number of launch rocket programs earlier this month, placing a densely populated space and injuring 28 individuals, together with three kids.
The boy, whose identify was not disclosed, succumbed to his accidents a number of days after the strike.
"Russia is as soon as once more concentrating on what’s most treasured to us — our kids, our future. Seventeen years previous is only the start of life's journey. And that journey has been brutally minimize brief," Hryhorov wrote on Telegram.
The barrage set two autos ablaze, closely broken a medical facility, and shattered houses throughout a number of residential buildings.
Emergency staff accomplished their response on the website by 7 p.m. native time on June 3, and demining groups eliminated remnants of undetonated ordnance.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated one of many projectiles didn’t explode however tore by way of the wall of a nine-story condo constructing.
The assault got here lower than 24 hours after Russia and Ukraine held the second spherical of direct peace talks in Istanbul on June 2, which yielded solely a preliminary prisoner trade settlement and no broader ceasefire progress.
Sumy Oblast, which shares a protracted border with Russia, has been repeatedly shelled and focused by drone strikes for the reason that full-scale invasion started in 2022.
In late Might, Zelensky warned that Russia had concentrated 50,000 troops close to the border in preparation for a doable renewed offensive to determine a "buffer zone" alongside Ukrainian territory.
Because the starting of the full-scale struggle in 2022, 632 Ukrainian kids have been confirmed killed, in accordance with Ukraine's nationwide database.
The Kyiv IndependentOlena Goncharova