War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Sumy

13 March 2024
Apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike in Sumy
Apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike, in Sumy, Ukraine, March 13, 2024.
— Photo by Vitalii Hnidyi / Reuters

Russian forces attacked the city of Sumy with Shahed loitering munitions on the night of 12-13 March. One of the UAVs hit an apartment block, causing fatalities and injuries. Several floors of the five-storey building have been destroyed. The Russian strike has damaged 30 flats in a five-storey residential building, with 15 of them destroyed.

The number of people injured in the Russian Shahed attack on an apartment building in Sumy has reached 12 as of the evening of 13 March. Emergency workers rescued 10 residents of the building (five were rescued from the rubble). 12 people sustained injuries of varying severity. The death toll has not changed: the bodies of two men were recovered from the rubble.

The aftermath of the Russian attack on an apartment building in Sumy on 13 March
— Photo by Sumy Oblast Military Administration
The aftermath of the Russian attack on an apartment building in Sumy on 13 March
— Photo by Sumy Oblast Military Administration
The aftermath of the Russian attack on an apartment building in Sumy on 13 March
— Photo by Sumy Oblast Military Administration
The aftermath of the Russian attack on an apartment building in Sumy on 13 March
— Photo by Sumy Oblast Military Administration
The aftermath of the Russian attack on an apartment building in Sumy on 13 March
— Photo by Sumy Oblast Military Administration
The aftermath of the Russian attack on an apartment building in Sumy on 13 March
— Photo by Sumy Oblast Military Administration
The aftermath of the Russian attack on an apartment building in Sumy on 13 March
— Photo by Sumy Oblast Military Administration
The aftermath of the Russian attack on an apartment building in Sumy on 13 March
— Photo by Sumy Oblast Military Administration
The aftermath of the Russian attack on an apartment building in Sumy on 13 March
— Photo by Sumy Oblast Military Administration
Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike in Sumy
Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike in Sumy, Ukraine, in a handout picture released March 13, 2024.
— Photo by Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Sumy Region / Handout via Reuters
An apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike in Sumy
An apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike in Sumy, Ukraine, March 13, 2024.
— Photo by Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy / Reuters