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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samya Kullab and Illia Novikov

Deadly Russian ballistic missiles rain down on Ukraine city after Biden announcement

Firefighters extinguish the fire following a Russian rocket attack that hit a multi-storey apartment building in Sumy, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 - (Ukrainian Emergency Service)

A Russian ballistic missile with cluster munitions struck a residential area of a northern Ukraine city, killing 11 people including two children and injuring 84 others, officials said on Monday.

The two children killed in the strike on Sumy late Sunday were a 9-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, the regional prosecutor’s office said. Six injured children are in critical condition, it said.

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