Russians attack Sumy Oblast: 38 strikes in one day

IRYNA BALACHUK -- WEDNESDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2022, 23:14 During the day of 21 September, Russian invaders attacked three border hromadas (administrative units designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories) in Sumy Oblast; a total of 38 strikes and 3 machine gun bursts were recorded. Source: Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, Head of the Sumy Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Zhyvytskyi: "During the day, the Russians attacked 3 border hromadas, [namely] Bilopillia, Seredyna-Buda and Shalyhyne. In total, 38 strikes and 3 machine gun rounds were recorded."

Details: Zhyvytskyi says the Russian forces fired 3 rounds from a large-calibre machine gun at the Shalyhyne hromada at 10:30. Around 14:00, the Russian military fired mortars at the village of Volfyne of Bilopillia hromada; 10 strikes occurred there.

As a result of the attack, 3 private houses were damaged and one house burned down completely.

 

Around 19.00, the Russian occupiers fired mortars at the outskirts of the village of Atynske of the Bilopillia hromada; 15 strikes were reported. The warehouse of the Atynske Psychoneurological Boarding School caught fire from shell bursts, and nearby buildings were damaged.

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The Russians shelled the outskirts of the city of Seredyna-Buda (13 strikes), damaging a substation and local power grid.

Zhyvytskyi noted that, fortunately, there were no casualties. 

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