Russia shells 9 communities in Sumy Oblast, injuring 1.

Russian forces attacked nine communities in Sumy Oblast on Oct.

11, injuring one woman, the Sumy Oblast military administration reported. A 68-year-old woman in Druzhba was hospitalized after being wounded in the attacks. No further casualties were reported.

The Russian military attacked the Sumy border with artillery, mortar shelling, anti-tank missiles, drones, and mines, among other weapons, causing 286 explosions throughout the day. The attacks hit the communities of Druzhba, Znob-Novhorodske, Khotin, Seredyna-Buda, Bilopillia, Esman, Krasnopillia, Shalyhyne, and Velyka Pysarivka. Daily shelling is a fact of life for residents of the vulnerable border communities in Sumy Oblast.

An Oct.

10 attack killed a 13-year-old girl in Uhroidy.

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Abbey Fenbert is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She is a freelance writer, editor, and playwright with an MFA from Boston University.

Abbey served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine from 2008-2011.